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n. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

n. the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word

credit, reference, citation, quotation, mention

n. 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"

quotation mark, inverted comma, quotation marks, smart quotes, quotes, double quotes, double quote

n. a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

cite

v. repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"

credit, reference, citation, quotation, quote, mention

n. 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"

abstract, outline, synopsis, precis, précis, apercu, aperçu, overview

n. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

passage

n. a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

text, textual matter

n. the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"

substance, content, message, subject matter

n. what a communication that is about something is about

document, papers, written document

n. writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

manuscript, ms

n. the form of a literary work submitted for publication

essay, composition, paper, theme, report

n. an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition"

verse, rhyme

n. a piece of poetry

verse, verse line

n. a line of metrical text

quotation, quote

n. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

selection, excerpt, extract

n. a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"

passage

n. a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

indictment

n. an accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"

process, summons

n. a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

cite, adduce, abduce

v. advance evidence for

name, mention, bring up, cite, refer to, advert to

v. make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

excerpt, take out

v. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

spin, recount, tell, recite, narrate

v. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

orate

v. talk pompously

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