quotation marks
noun /kwəʊˈteɪʃn mɑːks/
/kwəʊˈteɪʃn mɑːrks/
(also informal quotes, quote marks, speech marks)
(British English also inverted commas)
[plural]- a pair of marks (‘ ’) or ( “ ” ) placed around a word, sentence, etc. to show that it is what somebody said or wrote, that it is a title or that you are using it in an unusual wayExtra ExamplesTopics Languageb1
- Put direct speech in quotation marks.
- There were quotation marks around the word ‘expert’.
- You can use double quotation marks inside single ones.