Indicate and Quote

Indicate

Indicate verb - To serve as a sign or symptom of.

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Quote and indicate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quote" instead a verb "Indicate".

Quote verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.

Usage example: quoted Thomas Jefferson's views on liberty in her paper on the American Revolution

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Indicate and quote are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Indicate" instead a verb "Quote".

Nearby Words: quotation, quoted, quoting, quotable

Because thought will happen in any quote used in an example, please use (parentheses) to indicate thought speak, and "quotation marks" to indicate normal speech, as in the quote above.

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Some authors address this by using punctuation other than quote marks to indicate that characters are speaking a different language that is being dubbed as English.

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The same factor often contributes to computer games, with one guy or a small group of guys standing in for a much larger force, as the trope quote will indicate.

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