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quote
Verb
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To use someone's exact words.
Did he quote me in the newspaper?
quote
Noun
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A quote is somebody's exact words used by somebody else.
In the following quote, a young woman describes her experience with drugs.
I might also include a quote from Shakespeare: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players".
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A quote is a report of the cost or value of something.
AD
Abbreviation
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AD is short for the Latin words anno Domini, which means in the year of our Lord. You use AD to refer to a date after the year in which Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.
The Romans started building the Colosseum in 70 AD.
ad
Noun
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A short way of saying advertisement.
I saw an ad in the newspaper for a job at the factory.