quotation
noun
quo·ta·tion
kwō-ˈtā-shən 
also kō-
1
: something that is quoted
especially
: a passage referred to, repeated, or adduced
2
a
: the act or process of quoting
b(1)
: the naming or publishing of current bids and offers or prices of securities or commodities
(2)
: the bids, offers, or prices so named or published
especially
: the highest bid and lowest offer for a particular security in a given market at a given time
Examples of quotation in a Sentence
He gathered quotations from the trial transcript to prove his point.
a well-known quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln
a book of humorous quotations
She relied heavily on quotation in her essays, which made them less original.
Recent Examples on the Web
The book is a fun pile of quotations from Post employees and other voices on the paper’s past half century.
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
These records are more reliable than ones produced and published later—especially by entities remote from the action, as with the 2022 Russian list of quotations—because of the risk of alteration.
—Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
One of my nerdy little hobbies is collecting quotations from the famous and not-so-famous about good writing.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Drawing on quotations from Karl Marx, a Lincoln enthusiast, Stewart argues that Lincoln was essentially the first Marxist President: embracing a view of labor not far from Marx’s own, and opposing the peonage of working people in all its forms.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
These records are more reliable than ones produced and published later—especially by entities remote from the action, as with the 2022 Russian list of quotations—because of the risk of alteration.
—Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
One of my nerdy little hobbies is collecting quotations from the famous and not-so-famous about good writing.
—Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Drawing on quotations from Karl Marx, a Lincoln enthusiast, Stewart argues that Lincoln was essentially the first Marxist President: embracing a view of labor not far from Marx’s own, and opposing the peonage of working people in all its forms.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for quotation
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“Quotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quotation. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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quotation
noun
quo·ta·tion
kwō-ˈtā-shən
1
: the act or process of quoting
2
: the prices currently bid or offered for stocks, bonds, or goods
3
: something that is quoted
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