unquote
Quotation mark verbal
Unquote signals the end of a quotation, paired with quote at the beginning: She said, quote, I'm not interested, unquote.
The pair functions like verbal quotation marks in speech, often emphasizing that you're reporting someone's exact words.
Sometimes compressed to quote-unquote as a single unit preceding the quoted material.
Express in speech
- utterTo vocalize words
- pronounceUtter distinctly, vocalize
- vocalizeProduce sounds aloud
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
enunciate · declare · state · announce · proclaim · say · speak · voice
Portion taken from larger work
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- sourcePoint of origin
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- citeMention as authority
author · passage · text · paraphrase · epigraph
Exchange of spoken ideas
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- interviewFormal questioning session
- transcriptVerbatim written account
reported speech · direct speech · attribution · speaker · interlocutor
Speech-marking punctuation
- typographicOf printed letter design
- delimiterBoundary-marking character
- bracketSupport or category
- parenthesisPunctuation enclosing supplementary text
verbalize
Express in speech
articulate · enunciate · declare · state · announce · proclaim · say · speak · voice · express
excerpt
Portion taken from larger work
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- sourcePoint of origin
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
conversation
Exchange of spoken ideas
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- interviewFormal questioning session
transcript · reported speech · direct speech · attribution · speaker · interlocutor
inverted comma
Speech-marking punctuation
- typographicOf printed letter design
- delimiterBoundary-marking character
- bracketSupport or category
- string functionsreplace, substring, concatenate, trim, strip