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Meaning of Quote | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2 Frequent
kwəʊt

Definitions

  1. To repeat (the exact words of a person).
    transitive
  2. To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
    transitive
  3. To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
    transitive
  4. To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
    intransitive
  5. To observe, to take account of.
    archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“The writer quoted the president's speech.”
“Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?”
“But must our moderne Critticks envious eye Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?”
“That hath made him mad. I am sorry that with better heed and judgment I had not quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …”
“I prethe doe, twill be a sceane of mirth For me to quote his passions and his smiles, His amorous haviour, …”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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