Quotation

  • 41quotation vocatives —    A distinction has been made in this study between quotation vocatives which arise incidentally and those which are applied to specific hearers as transferred names.    A person who sings the Christmas carol which begins, ‘Oh, come, all ye… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 42quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as at the beginning and at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as He said, I will go. Frequently, esp. in… …

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  • 43quotation mark — /kwoʊˈteɪʃən mak/ (say kwoh tayshuhn mahk) noun one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually consisting of an inverted comma ( ) at the beginning and an apostrophe ( ) at the end, or, for a quotation… …

  • 44quotation marks — noun /kwəʊˈteiʃn̩ mɑɹks/ Symbols used to denote a quotation in writing, written at the beginning and end of the quotation. The symbols vary across languages, and slightly different marks may sometimes be used at the beginning and end of the… …

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  • 45quotation mark — quota′tion mark n. one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usu. shown as (“) at the beginning and (”) at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, as single marks of this kind, as “He said, I will …

    From formal English to slang

  • 46quotation mark — noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else • Syn: ↑quote, ↑inverted comma • Derivationally related forms: ↑quote (for: ↑quote) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 47quotation marks — quo tation ,marks noun plural the symbols and used in writing before and after a quotation or the words that someone speaks. Quotation marks are a type of punctuation mark …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 48quotation marks — UK / US noun [plural] the symbols and used in writing before and after a quotation or the words that someone speaks. Quotation marks are a type of punctuation mark …

    English dictionary

  • 49quotation mark — noun Date: circa 1859 one of a pair of punctuation marks “ ” or ‘ ’ used chiefly to indicate the beginning and the end of a quotation in which the exact phraseology of another or of a text is directly cited …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 50quotation quad — Бабашка (Quotation quad, Hollow quad)     В металлическом наборе: пробельный материал шириной 48 пунктов, кеглем 24, 36 и 48 пунктов. Бабашки используются для образования пробельных участков при изготовлении наборных форм высокой печати …

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