quote
/kwoʊt/ v [I/T] (REPEAT WORDS)Definition
› to repeat words that someone else has said or written: [T] She quoted him as saying he couldn’t care less. [I] He illustrated by quoting from Winston Churchill’s speech. › If you quote a fact or example, you refer to it to provide proof of something: [T] The judge quoted several cases to support his opinion. quote, unquote › You say quote or quote, unquote to show you are repeating the words of someone else: He hailed the performance as, quote, an extraordinary achievement. She moved to New York City knowing that that's where she had to live to, quote, unquote, make it in the music world.
(Definition of quote v (REPEAT WORDS) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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