Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
quote1 Show phoneticsverb
1 REPEAT [I,T] to repeat what someone has said or written
I was quoting from Marx.
Witnesses were quoted as saying there were two gunmen.
2 GIVE EXAMPLE [T] to give a fact or example in order to support what you are saying
The minister quoted recent unemployment figures.
3 COST [T] to say how much a piece of work will cost before you do it
