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| Main Entry: |
quote
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat something spoken, written by another |
| Synonyms: | adduce, attest, cite, detail, excerpt, extract, instance, name, paraphrase, parrot, proclaim, recall, recite, recollect, refer to, reference, retell |
| Notes: | one should use quote exclusively as a verb and use quotation as a noun |
| Main Entry: | citation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt |
| Synonyms: | example, illustration, mention, passage, quotation, quote, quoting, reference, saying, source |
| Main Entry: | enumerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | list, count |
| Synonyms: | add up, calculate, cite, compute, count noses, detail, figure, identify, inventory, itemize, keep tabs, mention, name, number, particularize, quote, recapitulate, recite, reckon, recount, rehearse, relate, run down, run off, specialize, specify, spell out, sum, take account of, tally, tell, tick off, total |
| Antonyms: | not count |
| Main Entry: | excerpt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a part from a whole |
| Synonyms: | choose, cite, cull, extract, glean, note, pick, pick out, quote, select, single out |
| Antonyms: | insert |
| Main Entry: | exemplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | serve as an example |
| Synonyms: | body, cite, clarify, clear up, demonstrate, depict, display, elucidate, emblematize, embody, enlighten, epitomize, evidence, exhibit, illuminate, illustrate, instance, manifest, mirror, personify, quote, represent, show, spell out, symbolize, typify |
| Main Entry: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select a quotation |
| Synonyms: | abridge, abstract, bring forth, choose, cite, condense, copy, cull, cut out, deduce, derive, educe, elicit, evolve, excerpt, glean, quote, shorten |
| Antonyms: | edit in, insert |
| Main Entry: | instance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | name |
| Synonyms: | adduce, cite, exemplify, illustrate, mention, quote, refer, show, specify |
| Main Entry: | itemize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep detailed record |
| Synonyms: | catalog, circumstantiate, cite, count, detail, document, enumerate, individualize, instance, inventory, lay out, list, mention, number, particularize, quote, recite, record, recount, rehearse, relate, set out, specify, spell out, tally |
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refer to |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, allude to, bring up, broach, call attention to, cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, hint at, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, make known, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, point to, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, speak about, speak of, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, touch on |
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