quote

US /kwot/

UK /kwəʊt/

A2

noun

  • Written statement of the cost of something
  • The (often wise or famous) words of another person

verb

  • To tell someone how much a task will cost
  • To repeat precisely what a person said or wrote

Examples

She quotes extensively from the author's diaries.

She is wrongly quoted as saying ‘Play it again, Sam.’