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QUOTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
Example:
since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("quotation" is a kind of...):
pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)
Derivation:
quote (repeat a passage from)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
Synonyms:
citation; quotation; quote
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("quotation" is a kind of...):
excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quotation"):
epigraph (a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing)
mimesis (the representation of another person's words in a speech)
misquotation; misquote (an incorrect quotation)
Derivation:
quote (repeat a passage from)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("quotation" is a kind of...):
statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)
Derivation:
quote (name the price of)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Example:
the article includes mention of similar clinical cases
Synonyms:
acknowledgment; citation; cite; credit; mention; quotation; reference
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("quotation" is a kind of...):
annotation; notation; note (a comment or instruction (usually added))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quotation"):
photo credit (a note acknowledging the source of a published photograph)
cross-index; cross-reference (a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work)
Context examples:
This quotation from Mr. Barkis was so appropriate, and tickled us both so much, that we laughed again and again, and were quite in a pleasant humour when we came within view of Mr. Peggotty's cottage.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Up in the city I tried for a while to list the quotations on an interminable amount of stock, then I fell asleep in my swivel-chair.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
