| Main Entry: | quotation/quote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repetition of something spoken or written by someone |
Synonyms: |
citation, citing, cutting, excerpt, extract, passage, quote, recitation, reference, saying, selection |
| Main Entry: | quotation/quote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial estimate |
Synonyms: |
bid, bid price, charge, cost, current price, figure, market price, price, price named, published price, quote, rate, stated price, tender |
| Main Entry: | quotation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | citation |
Synonyms: |
estimate, excerpt, offer, passage, price, quote, reference, selection |
| Notes: | one should use quote exclusively as a verb and use quotation as a noun |
| Main Entry: | allusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect reference; hint |
Synonyms: |
casual remark, charge, citation, connotation, denotation, figure of speech, implication, imputation, incidental mention, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, play on words, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion |
| Notes: | allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion |
Antonyms: |
reality |
| Main Entry: | citation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt |
Synonyms: |
example, illustration, mention, passage, quotation, quote, quoting, reference, saying, source |
| Main Entry: | example |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instance, model |
Synonyms: |
archetype, case, case history, case in point, citation, copy, excuse, exemplar, exemplification, for instance, ideal, illustration, kind of thing, lesson, object, original, paradigm, paragon, part, pattern, precedent, prototype, quotation, representation, sample, sampling, specimen, standard, stereotype, symbol |
| Main Entry: | excerpt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | citation; something taken from a whole |
Synonyms: |
extract, fragment, notation, note, part, passage, pericope, piece, portion, quotation, quote, saying, section, selection |
Antonyms: |
insert, whole |
| Main Entry: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something condensed from whole |
Synonyms: |
abstract, citation, clipping, concentrate, cutting, decoction, distillate, distillation, elicitation, essence, excerpt, infusion, juice*, passage, quotation, selection |
Antonyms: |
insertion |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | numeral; numeric value |
Synonyms: |
amount, character, chiffer, cipher, cost, digit, integer, number, price, quotation, rate, sum, symbol, terms, total, worth |
Antonyms: |
letter |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt from document |
Synonyms: |
clause, extract, paragraph, piece, portion, quotation, reading, section, sentence, text, transition, verse |
Antonyms: |
whole |