# quotes

Pronunciation: say "KWOHTS" US /kʰwoʊts/, UK /k(ʰ)wəʊts/, AUS /kʰwɐʉts/

## Noun

1. Plural of quote. — plural of quote
   - Simple: Plural of quote. Use this form when you mean more than one quote.
   - _The brochure interleaves customer quotes with photographs of the product._
   - _Several quotes in the manuscript lacked proper attribution._
2. Punctuation marks used to set off a direct quotation, a spoken line, or a word being singled out.
   - Simple: The marks that show where someone's exact words begin and end.
   - _The editor asked her to close the quotes after the final word of the speech._
   - _He wrapped the slang term in quotes to signal he was using it loosely._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present indicative of quote. — third-person singular simple present indicative of quote
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of quote. Use it with he, she, it, or one person or thing.
   - _The biography quotes letters that historians had never published._
   - _Whenever the columnist quotes a rival, she names her source carefully._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/quotes (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).