Quotation (original) (raw)

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)

Credits

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)