Dictionary Entry
quotation
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/kwoʊˈteɪʃən/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)A fragment of a human expression that is repeated by somebody else. Most often a quotation is taken from literature or speech, but also scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, a passage of music, etc., may be quoted.
In a Sentence
“"Where they burn books, they will also burn people" is a famous quotation from Heinrich Heine.”
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