Usually means: Exact words from the source.
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  1. direct quotation: Vocabulary.com
  2. direct quotation: Dictionary.com
  3. direct quotation: Rhymezone
  4. direct quotation: FreeDictionary.org
  5. direct quotation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  6. direct quotation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from WordNet (direct quotation)

▸ noun:  a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'")


Opposite:
indirect quotation, paraphrase, summary

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Opposite:
indirect quotation, paraphrase, summary




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