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Quote mark

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quotemarknounAlternative form of quote mark. [(informal) A quotation mark; a quote.]
quotenounA statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
quotation marknounEither of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing. In North America, South Africa and Australia, they may look “like this” (called inverted commas) or "like this" (straight quotes). In the United Kingdom and Ireland, they usually look ‘like this’ or 'like this'.
speech marknounA quotation mark used to indicate speech.
quotesnounQuotation marks.
angle quotenounA guillemet.
straight quotenoun(typography) A vertical quotation mark, ", as distinguished from a curly quote.
semi-quotenounA phrase that is a close paraphrase that uses some of the authors original words. For instance: "A fanatic is someone who will not change his mind or the subject of discussion," according to Winston Churchill.
semiquotenounA single quotation mark, ('). This is often used for a quote within a quote, as in "Tom said 'What?'"
doublequotenounAlternative spelling of double quote. [A double quotation mark, as in She said, "Go ahead".]
curly quotenoun(typography) A shaped opening or closing quotation mark, as distinguished from a straight quote. In English: “ ”. In some other languages: ” ”, „ ” or „ “.
air quotenounA typically two-handed gesture resembling quotation marks, indicating that the gesturer is speaking ironically or using unusual terminology.
quot.nounAbbreviation of quotation. [(countable) A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.]
single quotenounAn apostrophe, as in Let's do it.
double quotenounA double quotation mark, as in She said, "Go ahead".
corner bracketnounA bracket fixture shaped in a right angle.
end marknoun(grammar) A punctuation mark occurring at the end of a clause or sentence.
corner quotenoun(chiefly in the plural) Either of the symbols ⌜ and ⌝, sometimes used to enclose statements in formal logic.
question marknoun(typography) The punctuation mark "?", used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.
iteration marknoun(linguistics) A punctuation mark or character used as a substitute for a repeated word or character; depending on the language, it may be considered informal, or only for use in handwritten text.

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