different between quote vs example

English

Etymology

From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quot?re (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw??t/
• Hyphenation: quote
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

quote (plural quotes)

1. A quotation; a statement attributed to a person.
2. A quotation mark.
3. A summary of work to be done with a set price.

   After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.

4. A price set for a financial security or commodity.

Usage notes

Until the late 19th century, quote was exclusively used as a verb. Since then, it has been used as a shortened form of either quotation or quotation mark; see etymology, above. This use as a noun is well understood and widely used, although it is often rejected in formal and academic contexts.

Derived terms

• double-quote
• pull-quote

Translations

References

• quote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

quote (third-person singular simple present quotes, present participle quoting, simple past and past participle quoted)

1. (transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).

   The writer quoted the president's speech.

2. (transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.
3. (commerce, transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
4. (intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
5. (archaic) To observe, to take account of.

Synonyms

• (repeat words): cite

Antonyms

• end quote
• unquote

Derived terms

Related terms

• quote unquote

Translations

See also

• attest
• invoice
• MSRP

References

Anagrams

• toque

French

Verb

quote

1. first-person singular present indicative of quoter
2. third-person singular present indicative of quoter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quoter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quoter
5. second-person singular imperative of quoter

See also

• quote-part

Anagrams

• toque

Italian

Noun

quote f

1. plural of quota

Latin

Adjective

quote

1. vocative masculine singular of quotus

English

Etymology

From Middle English exaumple, example, from Old French essample (French exemple), from Latin exemplum (“a sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out (as a sample)”), from exim? (“take out”), from ex (“out”) + em? (“buy; acquire”); see exempt. Displaced native Middle English bisne, forbus, forbusen from Old English b?sen, and Middle English byspel from Old English b?spell. Doublet of exemplum and sample.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z??mpl?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /???z??mp?/
• (General Australian, US, weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /???zæmpl?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???zæmpl?/
• Rhymes: -??mp?l, -æmp?l
• Hyphenation: ex?am?ple

Noun

example (plural examples)

1. Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
2. Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
3. Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
4. A person punished as a warning to others.
5. A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
6. An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.

Synonyms

• e.g.
• See also Thesaurus:model
• See also Thesaurus:exemplar

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• exemplar
• model
• pattern
• quotation
• template

Verb

example (third-person singular simple present examples, present participle exampling, simple past and past participle exampled)

1. To be illustrated or exemplified (by).

Further reading

• example in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• example in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• exempla