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quotation mark
quotation marksQuotation marks are most commonly used to indicate the exact words that someone else said. This is known as direct speech or direct quotation. There are two forms of quotation marks: double quotation marks ( “ ” ) and single quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ). American English almost exclusively uses double quotation marks, while British English tends to favor single quotation marks.Continue reading...quotation markn. Either of a pair of punctuation marks used primarily to mark the beginning and end of a passage attributed to another and repeated word for word, but also to indicate meanings or glosses and to indicate the unusual or dubious status of a word. They appear in the form of double quotation marks (" ") and single quotation marks (' '). Single quotation marks are usually reserved for setting off a quotation within another quotation.quotation mark n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) either of the punctuation marks used to begin or end a quotation, respectively “ and ” or ‘ and ’ in English printing and writing. When double marks are used, single marks indicate a quotation within a quotation, and vice versa. Also called: inverted comma quota′tion mark`
n. one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usu. shown as (“) at the beginning and (”) at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, as single marks of this kind, as “He said, 'I will go.'” [1880–85] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  quotation mark - a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone elseinverted comma, quotepunctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrasessingle quote - a single quotation markdouble quotes - a pair of quotation marksscare quote - the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology |
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Synonyms for quotation marknoun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone elseSynonymsRelated Words- punctuation mark
- punctuation
- single quote
- double quotes
- scare quote
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