quote is on the Academic Word List.

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Plain form
quote

Third-person singular
quotes

Past tense
quoted

Past participle
quoted

Present participle
quoting

  1. To use someone's exact words.
    Did he quote me in the newspaper?

Noun change

Singular
quote

Plural
quotes

 
A quote written on a wall
  1. (countable) A quote is somebody's exact words used by somebody else.
    In the following quote, a young woman describes her experience with drugs.
    I might also include a quote from Shakespeare: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players".
  2. (countable); (commerce) A quote is a report of the cost or value of something.

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