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quotation
straight quotes
quotation marks
close inverted comma
quoteless
closing quotation mark
enquote
inverted commas
scare quote
guillemet
double quote
opening quotation mark
backquote
writing
close inverted commas
inverted comma
straight quote
direct speech
air quotes
single quote
curly
denote
open inverted commas
chevron
quote
quote mark
double quotes
angle quote
curly quote
symbol
open inverted comma
Definitions:
Noun
quotation mark
quote
inverted comma
Definition: a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
Definition: One of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing. The symbol used at the beginning of the quotation ("opening quotation mark") is usually “ ("open inverted commas") or ‘ ("open inverted comma"), and the symbol at the end ("closing quotation mark") is ” ("close inverted commas") or ’ ("close inverted comma").