Get to know Quotation better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like citation or selection.
Quotation meaning
- A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
- The act of quoting someone or something.
- A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
Synonyms of Quotation
Using Quotation
- The main meaning on this page is: A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech. | The act of quoting someone or something. | A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
- Useful related words include: citation, selection, extract, excerption.
- In the example corpus, quotation often appears in combinations such as: quotation marks, the quotation, quotation from.
Context around Quotation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quotation
- In this selection, "quotation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, single, double, closing, marks and mark stand out and add context to how "quotation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a closing quotation mark is, a double quotation mark or and quotation marks. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quotation" sits close to words such as andersen, burroughs and cadillac, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quotation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Like quotation marks, this technique can facilitate your search experience. (10 words)
Quotation marks abound, but whether the author was an actual witness is another matter. (14 words)
Usage Quotations and speech Single or double quotation marks denote either speech or a quotation. (15 words)
A quotation from Roman Kuzma who was his 1986 Indianapolis Crew Chief sums up Jim’s qualities as a driver and a human being: “Jim Crawford’s infectious grin and optimism, even in the face of adversity, will stay with me forever. (42 words)
In this regard, the Board Listings and Markets Committee of the Exchange has approved the quotation of the Zedcrest Capital Limited ₦5.00 billion Series 1 Commercial Paper (“CP”) under its ₦15.00 billion CP Issuance Programme on its platform. (40 words)
When a quotation is followed by other writing on a line of text, a space follows the closing quotation mark unless it is immediately followed by other punctuation within the sentence, such as a colon or closing punctuation. (38 words)
If a Harvard student were to turn in a paper with the same missing citations and quotation marks, what would the university call it, and how would it respond? (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Without the knowledge of the board, Mupamhanga allegedly instructed Mandisodza to look for a quotation for a metal detector and the ecologist obtained a quotation and proforma invoice of $11 000 from Excelight Investment.
A comma-like low quotation mark is also available (shown below; raised single quotation marks are not shown).
Again the quotation marks ruin the written puzzle, so this version is usually written without the quotation marks and with the word "one" capitalized.
Because typewriter and computer keyboards lack keys to directly enter typographic quotation marks, much typed writing has neutral quotation marks.
In both styles, question marks and exclamation marks are placed inside the quotation marks if they belong to the quotation and outside otherwise.
In many fonts this character looks like either a left-leaning single quotation mark or a quotation mark thicker at the bottom than at the top.
Quoting Americans begin their quotations with double quotation marks (") and use single quotation marks (') for quotations within quotations (nested quotations).
Similar to the above quotation was another quotation that, while real, was widely misinterpreted in the US press.
Usage Quotations and speech Single or double quotation marks denote either speech or a quotation.
When a double quotation mark or a single quotation mark immediately follows the other, proper spacing for legibility may suggest that a thin space ( thinsp; ) or larger non-breaking space ( nbsp; ) be inserted.
When a quotation is followed by other writing on a line of text, a space follows the closing quotation mark unless it is immediately followed by other punctuation within the sentence, such as a colon or closing punctuation.
When quoted text is interrupted, such as with the phrase he said, a closing quotation mark is used before the interruption, and an opening quotation mark after.
A quotation from Roman Kuzma who was his 1986 Indianapolis Crew Chief sums up Jim’s qualities as a driver and a human being: “Jim Crawford’s infectious grin and optimism, even in the face of adversity, will stay with me forever.
As a result of I have no idea the best formal format for such a quotation, I counsel that they ask ChatGPT for how one can cite ChatGPT.
If a Harvard student were to turn in a paper with the same missing citations and quotation marks, what would the university call it, and how would it respond?
In this regard, the Board Listings and Markets Committee of the Exchange has approved the quotation of the Zedcrest Capital Limited ₦5.00 billion Series 1 Commercial Paper (“CP”) under its ₦15.00 billion CP Issuance Programme on its platform.
Let’s begin with a quotation from Walter Anthony Rodney, a Guyanese historian, political activist, and academic.
Like quotation marks, this technique can facilitate your search experience.
On first reference, the entry calls it the “Don’t Say Gay” bill without quotation marks or any acknowledgment that “Don’t Say Gay” was the derisive name the Democrats gave to the legislation.
Quotation marks abound, but whether the author was an actual witness is another matter.
Phrases with quotation
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with quotation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- quotation marks 51×
- the quotation 28×
- quotation from 26×
- quotation mark 17×
- quotation of 11×
- for quotation 10×
- quotation is 8×
- this quotation 8×
- single quotation 7×
- in quotation 7×