Quotation
Quotation noun - A passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example.
Usage example: the beautiful autumn day brought to mind this quotation from Thoreau: “So live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each”
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Synonyms for Quotation
Section and quotation are semantically related in citation topic. In some cases you can use "Section" instead a noun "Quotation".
How words are described
| brief | brief quotation | brief section |
| following | following quotation | following section |
| appropriate | appropriate quotation | appropriate section |
| above | above quotation | above section |
| Other adjectives: relevant. | ||
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The Cuckoo's Calling opens each section with a quotation from various Roman satirists (in the original Latin).
Source: Epigraph
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Section and Quotation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/quotation/section
Quotation & Section. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/quotation/section>.
Section or Quotation. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/quotation/section.
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