Quotation mark

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Punctuation marks

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( { } ) ( ⟨ ⟩ )
colon ( : )
comma ( , )
dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
ellipsis ( … ) ( ... )
exclamation mark ( ! )
full stop/period ( . )
hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
interrobang ( ‽ )
question mark ( ? )
quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )
semicolon ( ; )
slash/solidus ( / )
space (   ) and interpunct ( · )

Other typographer's marks

ampersand ( & )
asterisk ( * ) and asterism ( ⁂ )
at ( @ )
backslash ( \ )
bullet ( •, more )
dagger ( † ‡ )
degrees ( ° )
number sign ( # )
prime ( ′ )
tilde ( ~ )
underscore ( _ )
vertical bar/pipe ( | )

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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˌpʌŋk.ʧu.ˈei.ʃnÌ© maɹks/
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Noun

quotation mark

  1. A symbol used to denote a quotation in writing, written at the beginning and end of the quotation. The symbols vary across languages, and slightly different marks are used for the beginning and end. Those used in English are “ ... ”, or " ... ", and ‘ ... ’, or ' ... '.
    • Example: “this is a quotation.” Here is ‘another quotation.’
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Synonyms

(of the plural) quotes, speech marks
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Translations

(Note: The following languages use “◌”-style quotation marks, unless otherwise indicated.)

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