quotes

NOUN

repetition of something spoken or written by someone

Synonyms

WEAK

citation citing cutting excerpt extract passage quote recitation reference saying selection

NOUN

financial estimate

Synonyms

WEAK

bid bid price charge cost current price figure market price price price named published price quote rate stated price tender

VERB

repeat something spoken, written by another

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cite name recall refer to

STRONG

adduce attest detail excerpt extract instance paraphrase parrot proclaim recite recollect reference retell

Antonyms

STRONG

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Example Sentences

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The Times quotes officials justifying the order by saying it would reduce duplication of effort; our own spies wouldn’t bother recruiting someone if they knew he or she was already an agent.

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026

The Daily Mirror quotes the princess as describing her hikes as her "chance to give something back".

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

“Underwriters call the Western-linked vessels that draw the steepest quotes ‘missile magnets,’” Krishnan said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

I walk east, past the embedded brass quotes on Calle de las Huertas, where Golden Age scribes Cervantes and Vega and the Generation of 1927’s Federico Lorca and Valle-Inclán are literally underfoot.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

“Now, technically, I’m not allowed up here. My mom thinks it’s unsafe”—she hooked finger quotes around the word and rolled her eyes—“but she’ll never know.”

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake