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Definitions for Quoting

[1] to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
[2] to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.).
[3] to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work.
[4] to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support.
[5] to enclose (words) within quotation marks.
[6] Commerce . to state (a price). to state the current price of.
[7] to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author.
[8] (used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation.)
[9] a quotation.
[10] quotation mark.
[11] quote unquote , so called; so to speak; as it were: If you're a liberal, quote unquote, they're suspicious of you.
[12] to recite a quotation (from a book, play, poem, etc), esp as a means of illustrating or supporting a statement
[13] (tr) to put quotation marks round (a word, phrase, etc)
[14] stock exchange to state (a current market price) of (a security or commodity)
[15] an informal word for quotation (def. 1), quotation (def. 2), quotation (def. 3), quotation (def. 4)
[16] (often plural) an informal word for quotation mark put it in quotes
[17] an expression used parenthetically to indicate that the words that follow it form a quotation the president said, quote, I shall not run for office in November, unquote

Words related to Quoting

quoteciting, naming, stating

Words nearby Quoting

quotequota-hopping, quotable, quotation, quotation mark, quotation marks, quote, quote-driven, quote-unquote, quoted company, quoteworthy, quoth

Origin of Quoting

e1350–1400; 1880–85 for def 9 ; Middle English coten, quoten (< Old French coter ) < Medieval Latin quotāre to divide into chapters and verses, derivative of Latin quot how many

Words that may be confused with Quoting

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, quotequotation, quote

Other words from Quoting

quot·er , noun
out·quote , verb (used with object), out·quot·ed, out·quot·ing.
pre·quote , verb (used with object), pre·quot·ed, pre·quot·ing.
re·quote , verb (used with object), re·quot·ed, re·quot·ing.
su·per·quote , verb, su·per·quot·ed, su·per·quot·ing, noun
un·quot·ed , adjective

Word origin for Quoting

eC14: from Medieval Latin quotāre to assign reference numbers to passages, from Latin quot how many

Synonyms for Quoting

announcing, citing, copying, excerpting, naming, reciting, stating