"quotation" in the noun sense
1. citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation
a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
"the student's essay failed to list several important citations"
"the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"
"the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
2. quotation, quote, citation
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
3. quotation
a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
4. quotation
the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
"since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"
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