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quotation
- For Wiktionary's use of quotations, see Wiktionary:Quotations
English
Etymology
The obsolete sense of “quota”, from Medieval Latin quotatio, from Latin quot?re, is attested from the 15th century. The sense “fragment of verbal expression”, attested from the 17th century, may come from this source, or else from the verb quote +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kwo??te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
quotation (countable and uncountable, plural quotations)
- 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.
- Synonyms: quote, citation
- A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.
- The act of setting a price.
- (obsolete) A quota, a share.
Synonyms
- (price): quote
Coordinate terms
- attestation
Hyponyms
- (price): bid, ask, offer
Derived terms
Translations
References
- quotation at OneLook Dictionary Search
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illustration
English
Etymology
From Middle French illustration, from Latin ill?str?ti?, from ill?str? (“I illustrate”).Morphologically illustrate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l??st?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: il?lus?tra?tion
Noun
illustration (countable and uncountable, plural illustrations)
- The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
- That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
- A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
- A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance)
Translations
Descendants
- Japanese: ????
References
French
Etymology
From Latin ill?str?ti?, from ill?str? (“I illustrate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.lys.t?a.sj??/
Noun
illustration f (plural illustrations)
- illustration
- photo, picture
Related terms
- illustrer
Further reading
- “illustration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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