Inquiry vs. Quote

Inquirynoun

The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

Quotenoun

A quotation, statement attributed to someone else.

Inquirynoun

Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation

‘Scientific inquiry’;

Quotenoun

A quotation mark.

Inquirynoun

The act of inquiring; a seeking for information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.

‘He could no path nor track of foot descry,Nor by inquiry learn, nor guess by aim.’; ‘The men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate.’;

Quotenoun

A summary of work to be done with a set price.

‘After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.’;

Inquirynoun

Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination into facts or principles; research; investigation; as, physical inquiries.

‘All that is wanting to the perfection of this art will undoubtedly be found, if able men . . . will make inquiry into it.’;

Quotenoun

A price set for a financial security or commodity.

Inquirynoun

a search for knowledge;

‘their pottery deserves more research than it has received’;

Quoteverb

(transitive) To repeat someone’s exact words.

Inquirynoun

an instance of questioning;

‘there was a question about my training’; ‘we made inquiries of all those who were present’;

Quoteverb

(transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.

Inquirynoun

a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

Quoteverb

To name the current price, notably of a financial security.

Inquiry

An inquiry (also spelled as enquiry in British English) is any process that has the aim of augmenting knowledge, resolving doubt, or solving a problem. A theory of inquiry is an account of the various types of inquiry and a treatment of the ways that each type of inquiry achieves its aim.

Quoteverb

(intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.

Quoteverb

(archaic) To observe, to take account of.

Quoteverb

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.

Quoteverb

To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.

Quoteverb

To name the current price of.

Quoteverb

To notice; to observe; to examine.

Quoteverb

To set down, as in writing.

Quotenoun

A note upon an author.

Quotenoun

a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

Quotenoun

a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

Quoteverb

repeat a passage from;

‘He quoted the Bible to her’;

Quoteverb

name the price of;

‘quote prices for cars’;

Quoteverb

refer to for illustration or proof;

‘He said he could quote several instances of this behavior’;

Quoteverb

put quote marks around;

‘Here the author is quoting his colleague’;

Quoteverb

repeat or copy out (words from a text or speech written or spoken by another person)

‘he quoted from the scriptures’; ‘I realized she was quoting passages from Shakespeare’;

Quoteverb

repeat a statement by (someone)

‘a military spokesman was quoted as saying that the border was now quiet’;

Quoteverb

mention or refer to (someone or something) to provide evidence or authority for a statement or opinion

‘the examples quoted above could be multiplied from case studies from all over England’;

Quoteverb

put forward or describe someone or something as being

‘heavy teaching loads are often quoted as a bad influence on research’;

Quoteverb

give someone (the estimated price of a job or service)

‘a garage quoted him £30’;

Quoteverb

name at (specified odds)

‘he is quoted as 9–2 favourite to score the first goal of the match’;

Quoteverb

give (a company) a quotation or listing on a stock exchange

‘a British conglomerate quoted on the London Stock Exchange’;

Quotenoun

a quotation from a text or speech

‘a quote from Wordsworth’;

Quotenoun

a quotation giving the estimated cost for a particular job or service

‘quotes from different insurance companies’;

Quotenoun

a price offered by a market-maker for the sale or purchase of a stock or other security

‘quotes for North Sea Brent were rising’;

Quotenoun

a quotation or listing of a company on a stock exchange.

Quotenoun

quotation marks

‘use double quotes around precise phrases you wish to search for’;