verb / noun

quote

KWOHT/kwəʊt/

Words repeated from an identified source.

The speaker repeats a short quote exactly from the open book.

A South Asian speaker reads from an open book whose short sentence "Keep learning." is repeated in a small speech bubble, exact match.

Etymology

The root meant marking a text with numbers, such as chapter or verse references. Referring readers to a passage became citing it as authority, then repeating its exact words.

In context

JOE0:28

I'll quote her words they're not my words they're her words in Wales we are like a third world country when it comes to health care

Apoplectic Welsh First Minister loses it with Tory leader

More examples

Please quote the author's exact words in your report.
She quoted her grandfather's advice during the graduation speech.
Put quotes around the sentence you copied from the interview.

Forms

quote · quotes · quoted · quoting

quotation noun — Words repeated exactly from another source.

Similar words

quotation: A more formal term for words repeated from a source.
excerpt: A selected passage, often longer than a brief quote.
cite: Names a source as support without necessarily repeating its words.