different between quotation vs semiquote

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)

1. 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

2. A price that has been quoted for buying or selling.

3. The act of setting a price.
4. (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

English

Alternative forms

• semi-quote (preferred for the verb forms)

Etymology

semi- +? quote

Noun

semiquote (plural semiquotes)

1. A single quotation mark, ('). This is often used for a quote within a quote, as in "Tom said 'What?'"
2. A punctuation mark to indicate that the text is a semi-quote, i.e. a close paraphrase that uses some of the author's original words.
3. (informal) A partly paraphrased quotation.

   "A fanatic is someone who will not change his mind or the subject of discussion" is a semiquote of Winston Churchill.

Verb

semiquote (third-person singular simple present semiquotes, present participle semiquoting, simple past and past participle semiquoted)

1. To make a close paraphrase of a quotation, using some of its words.

References

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Anagrams

• quietsome