{
    "term": "quotation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a group of words or a short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc. and repeated because it is interesting or useful",
            "sensetop": "quotation from something",
            "labels": "(rather formal)rather informal",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a dictionary of quotations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two short quotations will illustrate my point."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book began with a quotation from Goethe.",
                    "contextForm": "quotation from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a direct quotation from a recent speech by the president"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a quotation from a poem by Keats."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My quotation is taken from ‘Hamlet’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where does that quotation come from?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["famous", "memorable", "direct"],
                "verb + quotation": ["take", "attribute", "cite"],
                "quotation + verb": ["come from something"],
                "quotation + noun": ["marks"],
                "preposition": ["quotation from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of repeating something interesting or useful that another person has written or said",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The writer illustrates his point by quotation from a number of sources."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a statement of how much money a particular piece of work will cost",
            "labels": "(rather formal)rather informal",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You need to get a written quotation before they start work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We’ll give you a free quotation for replacing your windows."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "estimate",
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["written", "free", "detailed"],
                "verb + quotation": [
                    "give (somebody)",
                    "provide (somebody with)",
                    "supply (somebody with)"
                ],
                "preposition": ["quotation for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a statement of the current value of goods or shares",
            "labels": "(finance)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the latest quotations from the Stock Exchange"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was the first football club to have a full stock market quotation."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kwəʊˈteɪʃn/",
                "audio": "qu/quotation/quotation__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kwəʊˈteɪʃn/",
                "audio": "qu/quotation/quotation__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (denoting a marginal reference to a passage of text): from medieval Latin quotatio(n-), from the verb quotare, from quot ‘how many’, or from medieval Latin quota."
}