WordNet Search - 3.1
-
WordNet home page
-
Glossary
-
Help
Word to search for:
Display Options:
(Select option to change)
Hide Example Sentences
Hide Glosses
Show Frequency Counts
Show Database Locations
Show Lexical File Info
Show Lexical File Numbers
Show Sense Keys
Show Sense Numbers
Show all
Hide all
Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S:
(n)
quotation mark
,
quote
,
inverted comma
(a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else)
S:
(n)
quotation
,
quote
,
citation
(a passage or expression that is quoted or cited)
direct hyponym
/
full hyponym
S:
(n)
epigraph
(a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing)
S:
(n)
mimesis
(the representation of another person's words in a speech)
S:
(n)
misquotation
,
misquote
(an incorrect quotation)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
Verb
S:
(v)
quote
,
cite
(repeat a passage from)
"He quoted the Bible to her"
S:
(v)
quote
(name the price of)
"quote prices for cars"
S:
(v)
quote
,
cite
(refer to for illustration or proof)
"He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
S:
(v)
quote
(put quote marks around)
"Here the author is quoting his colleague"