quote

I 1. [kwəʊt]

nome

1) (quotation) citazione f.

2) (statement to journalist) dichiarazione f.

3) (estimate) preventivo m.

4) econ. quotazione f.

2.

nome plurale quotes quotation marks

II 1. [kwəʊt]

verbo transitivo

1) (repeat, recall) citare [person, passage, proverb]; citare, riportare [words, reference number]

don't quote me on this, but... — qui lo dico e qui lo nego,...

she was quoted as saying that — ha dichiarato o detto che

2) comm. (state) fare un preventivo di [price, figure]

they quoted us Ј 200 — ci hanno fatto un preventivo di 200 sterline

3) (on the stock exchange) quotare [share, price] (at a)

4) (in betting)

to quote odds of 3 to 1 — dare 3 a 1

to be quoted 6 to 1 — essere dato 6 a 1

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) (from text, author) fare citazioni

to quote from Keats — fare citazioni da Keats

2)

quote... unquote — (in dictation) aperte (le) virgolette... chiuse (le) virgolette; (in lecture, speech) e qui cito...

he's in Rome on quote "business" unquote — è a Roma per, lui dice, "affari"

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[kwəut]

verb

1) (to repeat the exact words of a person as they were said or written: to quote Shakespeare / Shakespeare's words / from Shakespeare, `Is this a dagger which I see before me?') citare

2) (to name (a price).) quotare, fare un preventivo

3) (to mention or state in support of an argument: to quote an example.) citare

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- quotation

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I 1. [kwəʊt]

nome

1) (quotation) citazione f.

2) (statement to journalist) dichiarazione f.

3) (estimate) preventivo m.

4) econ. quotazione f.

2.

nome plurale quotes quotation marks

II 1. [kwəʊt]

verbo transitivo

1) (repeat, recall) citare [person, passage, proverb]; citare, riportare [words, reference number]

don't quote me on this, but... — qui lo dico e qui lo nego,...

she was quoted as saying that — ha dichiarato o detto che

2) comm. (state) fare un preventivo di [price, figure]

they quoted us Ј 200 — ci hanno fatto un preventivo di 200 sterline

3) (on the stock exchange) quotare [share, price] (at a)

4) (in betting)

to quote odds of 3 to 1 — dare 3 a 1

to be quoted 6 to 1 — essere dato 6 a 1

2.

verbo intransitivo

1) (from text, author) fare citazioni

to quote from Keats — fare citazioni da Keats

2)

quote... unquote — (in dictation) aperte (le) virgolette... chiuse (le) virgolette; (in lecture, speech) e qui cito...

he's in Rome on quote "business" unquote — è a Roma per, lui dice, "affari"