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Collocations for quote - noun

1. words taken from a book, etc.

ADJECTIVE

famous, memorable, quotable
direct, exact, verbatim
a direct quote from this morning's paper
anonymous

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VERB + quote

take
quotes taken from various lifestyle magazines
attribute

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quote + VERB

come from sth
The quote of the week comes from Mae West.

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PREPOSITION

quote from
a quote from Albert Einstein

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2. price that will be charged for a piece of work

→ See also quotation

ADJECTIVE

written
free

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VERB + quote

give (sb)
get, obtain
Always get a written quote before proceeding with work.
accept

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PREPOSITION

quote for
a quote for the rental of the equipment

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3. (quotes) punctuation marks showing speech

ADJECTIVE

double, single

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PREPOSITION

in quotes
If you take text from other sources, place it in quotes.

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Collocations for quote - verb

1. repeat exactly what sb has said/written

ADVERB

at length, extensively
She quotes extensively from the author's diaries.
in full
The passage is quoted in full.
accurately, exactly
directly
selectively
approvingly, with approval
above, below, earlier, here, previously
The new text of Article 92, quoted above, gives member states more discretion on this issue.

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PREPOSITION

as
She is wrongly quoted as saying ‘Play it again, Sam.’
from
He quoted from Shakespeare.
They quoted from the Bible.

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2. give sth as an example

ADVERB

frequently, often

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PREPOSITION

as
an example that is often quoted as evidence of mismanagement
on
Don't quote me on this but I think the figure is in excess of £2 billion.

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PHRASES

widely quoted
the most widely quoted and influential study in this field

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Quote is used with these nouns as the subject:
article, magazine, newspaper, report

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Quote is used with these nouns as the object:
article, author, excerpt, figure, lyrics, maxim, odds, paragraph, passage, phrase, price, reference, report, scripture, source, word

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