<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.</li><li>to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.).</li><li>to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work.</li><li>to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support.</li><li>to enclose (words) within quotation marks.</li><li>(Commerce) to state (a price).</li><li>to state the current price of.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a quotation.</li><li>quotation mark.</li></ul>