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quotation - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | quotation/quote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repetition of something spoken or written by someone |
| Synonyms: | citation, cutting, excerpt, extract, passage, quote, recitation, reference, saying, selection, citing |
| Main Entry: | quotation/quote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial estimate |
| Synonyms: | bid, charge, cost, figure, market price, price, quote, rate, tender, bid price, current price, price named, published price, stated price |
| Main Entry: | allusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect reference; hint |
| Synonyms: | charge, citation, connotation, denotation, figure of speech, implication, imputation, indication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, mention, play on words, quotation, remark, statement, suggestion, casual remark, incidental mention |
| Notes: | allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion |
| Antonyms: | reality |
| Main Entry: | example |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instance, model |
| Synonyms: | archetype, case, case history, case in point, citation, copy, excuse, exemplar, ideal, illustration, lesson, object, original, paradigm, paragon, part, pattern, precedent, prototype, quotation, representation, sample, specimen, standard, stereotype, symbol, exemplification, for instance, kind of thing, sampling |
| Main Entry: | excerpt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | citation; something taken from a whole |
| Synonyms: | extract, fragment, notation, note, part, passage, piece, portion, quotation, quote, saying, section, selection, pericope |
| Antonyms: | insert, whole |
| Main Entry: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something condensed from whole |
| Synonyms: | abstract, citation, clipping, concentrate, cutting, distillation, essence, excerpt, infusion, juice*, passage, quotation, selection, decoction, distillate, elicitation |
| Antonyms: | insertion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sound bite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very brief broadcast statement |
| Synonyms: | blurb*, buzzword, clip, excerpt, notation, note, one-liner, passage, photo opportunity, piece, quotation, quote, saying, selection, slogan, snippet, fifteen minutes of fame, news item, newsbreak, outtake, spot news |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chapter and verse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precise detail on a subject |
| Synonyms: | goods, gospel, gospel truth, quotation, real McCoy, skinny, substantiation, documentation, lowdown |
| Main Entry: | price tag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | printed price |
| Synonyms: | cost, quotation, price sticker, price ticket, quoted price |
| Main Entry: | citation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt |
| Synonyms: | example, illustration, mention, passage, quotation, quote, quoting, reference, saying, source |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | numeral; numeric value |
| Synonyms: | amount, character, cipher, cost, digit, number, price, quotation, rate, sum, symbol, terms, total, worth, chiffer, integer |
| Antonyms: | letter |
| Main Entry: | price |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial value |
| Synonyms: | amount, appraisal, asking price, assessment, barter, bill, bounty, ceiling, charge, compensation, consideration, cost, damage, demand, disbursement, discount, dues, estimate, expenditure, expense, face value, fare, fee, figure, hire, outlay, output, pay, payment, premium, prize, quotation, ransom, rate, reckoning, retail, return, reward, score, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, tune*, valuation, wages, wholesale, worth, appraisement, exaction, sticker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remark, citation |
| Synonyms: | allusion, connecting, hint, implication, innuendo, insinuation, mention, mentioning, note, plug*, quotation, resource, source, advertence, associating, attributing, bringing up, indicating, pointing out, relating, stating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | text |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subject matter of document |
| Synonyms: | argument, body, consideration, content, contents, context, document, extract, fundamentals, head, idea, issue, line, matter, motive, passage, point, quotation, sentence, stanza, subject, theme, thesis, topic, verse, vocabulary, wording, words, lines, main body, motify, paragraph |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt from document |
| Synonyms: | clause, extract, piece, portion, quotation, reading, section, sentence, text, transition, verse, paragraph |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | rate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fee charged for service, privilege, goods |
| Synonyms: | allowance, charge, cost, dues, duty, estimate, figure, hire, price, price tag, quotation, tab, tariff, tax, toll, valuation |
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