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unquote en · PART

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From un- + quote; possibly an eggcorn of end quote.

Meanings

1. Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
   • And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the quote Scene of the Crime unquote. 1967, Arlo Guthrie, “Alice's Restaurant Massacree”, in Alice's Restaurant:
   • Mackerras himself wrote, and I quote: "He is a prostitute, whose liaisons with perverts and sodomites were commonplace in his brief and forgettable career at Caius. Lock up the silverware." Unquote. 2012, Jim Broadbent as Vyvyan Ayrs, Cloud Atlas, circa 1:28:04
   • Telegram for the Dover Boys, Messrs. Tom, Dick and Larry, care of Wayward Tavern, Upper Bottleneck, New York, sirs, quote, HEEEELP!, unquote, signed Dora. 35 cents collect. 1942, “The Dover Boys at Pimento University” (1:53 from the start), in Chuck Jones, director, Merrie Melodies, spoken by Telegram Boy:

Antonyms

quote

Deriveds

quote unquote

Synonyms

end of quote · end quote

Translations (7)

ru коне́ц цита́ты (end of quotation) · ro închei citatul (end of quotation) · he סוף ציטוט (end of quotation) · da citat slut (end of quotation) · no sitat slutt (end of quotation) · bg край на цитата (end of quotation) · de Zitat Ende (end of quotation)

unquote en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From un- + quote; possibly an eggcorn of end quote.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.

Forms