quote

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   repeat a passage from

   They quoted the Bible to us.

2. 2
   verb

   refer to for illustration or proof

   I said that I could quote several instances of this behavior.

3. 3
   verb

   name the price of

   quote prices for cars

4. 4
   noun

   A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.

   She loved reading quotes of famous people.

5. 5
   noun

   A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.

   After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.

6. 6
   verb

   To repeat (the exact words of a person).

   The writer quoted the president's speech.

7. 7
   verb

   To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.

   Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?

8. 8
   verb

   To observe, to take account of.

   But must our moderne Critticks envious eye Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a…