Concept cluster: Communication > Quoting or citation
v
(transitive) To quote frequently or much.
n
The passage or words quoted; a quotation.
v
to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
n
(philosophy) The reversal of the process of quotation; turning a quoted utterance into an actual statement
adj
Of or pertaining to disquotation.
v
To transform a quoted utterance into an actual statement about the world.
v
(transitive) To surround (something) with a double-quote on each side.
v
(transitive) To place in quotation marks.
n
An utterance that describes what somebody said, but without repeating their exact words.
v
(transitive) To surpass in quotation.
n
Alternative form of prefix coding [(computing theory) A coding system that uses (typically variable-length) codes that are distinguished by their "prefix property", which requires that there is no code word in the system that is a prefix (initial segment) of any other code word in the system.]
adv
quod vide; which see; used to reference material mentioned in text.
v
(transitive, computing) To enclose (a text fragment within source code) in a special markup that allows it to be separately parsed to yield a computed output value.
v
To append something to a quotation of itself.
v
(transitive, obsolete) quoth
n
Abbreviation of quotation. [A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.]
n
A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else, for example from literature or a famous speech.
n
One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.
adj
tending to use quotations
n
(grammar) A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
n
A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.
n
Somebody whose words are being quoted.
n
(rare, informal) An expert in quotations.
adv
By giving a quotation.
n
The act of quoting something again.
v
To make a close paraphrase of a quotation, using some of its words.
v
To make a close paraphrase of a quotation, using some of its words.
v
(transitive) To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.
adv
Alternative form of sic [Thus; thus written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.]

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