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noun

quote

CEFR B2

a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

In a sentence

Six example sentences with quote, each labelled with its topic.

  • The parser broke because a stray quote in the address field left the rest of the line unterminated.

    Technology

  • The subtitle track dropped every quote, so viewers could not tell which lines the narrator was borrowing from letters.

    Movies

  • The clerk flagged a missing quote in the transcript, since without it the witness appeared to claim the sentence herself.

    Law

  • A missing closing quote left readers unsure where the character stopped speaking and the narrator took over the page.

    Literature

  • The press office wrapped the phrase in a quote on each side so nobody thought the minister had coined it.

    Politics

  • The typesetter dropped a quote in the annual report, and a supplier's promise suddenly read as the company's own.

    Business

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