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Synonyms for quotation

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for quotation

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity

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the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.

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At this point I wish to interrupt the account of Knight Dunlap's article in order to make some observations on my own account with reference to the above quotations from Stout.
The word "recognized" in Dunlap's quotation should be "cognized.") "The object itself can never be identified with the present modification of the individual's consciousness by which it is cognized" (ib.
Anne could not immediately fall into a quotation again.
For Jove had not bedeviled her ears, and she heard from the lips of each blessed Shade an incessant flow of quotation from his own works.
Ronaldson looked down with a slightly pious expression which indicated, I felt sure, that they thought the quotation was from Holy Writ.
A quotation from the Bible came to my lips, but I held my tongue, for I know that clergymen think it a little blasphemous when the laity poach upon their preserves.
In such mouths I might have coupled it with an apt quotation from one of Shakespeare's sonnets:
Every boy he encountered added another ton to his depression; and when, in desperation, he flew for refuge at last to the bosom of Huckleberry Finn and was received with a Scriptural quotation, his heart broke and he crept home and to bed realizing that he alone of all the town was lost, forever and forever.
Pardon the pedantry of a Latin quotation, and believe me,
For which hackneyed quotation I will make the reader amends by a very noble one, which few, I believe, have read.
"And kind hearts, they say, are more than coronets," she replied merrily, indulging in that derisive quotation which seems to be the final reward of the greatest poets.
"I shall have to fall back on another Professor Woodleigh quotation to express what it has done for me," said Priscilla.
You can always tell what is from the original by the quotation marks, if by nothing else.
The online platform also allows users to manage multiple quotations in one place and track the progress of orders.
Knowing how and when to use quotations to support claims, elaborate on ideas, or bring an event to life for readers is important for all types of writing.