Unquote
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Quick meaning: Unquote meaning Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
Meaning
Used in speech to indicate the end of a quotation.
More Meanings
- (transitive, computing) To convert (a quoted expression) back to its original form.
Example Sentences
And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the quote Scene of the Crime unquote.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- unquotes
- unquoting
- unquoted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quotation, quote, citation, disquote, unconvert, uncomment.
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