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quotation mark
noun
(UK)
One
of
a
pair
of
quotation
marks
used
to
denote
a
quotation
in
writing.
The
symbol
used
at
the
beginning
of
the
quotation
("opening
quotation
mark")
is
usually
“
("open
inverted
commas")
or
‘
("open
inverted
comma"),
and
the
symbol
at
the
end
("closing
quotation
mark")
is
”
("close
inverted
commas")
or
’
("close
inverted
comma").
意味(1)
(UK)
One
of
a
pair
of
quotation
marks
used
to
denote
a
quotation
in
writing.
The
symbol
used
at
the
beginning
of
the
quotation
("opening
quotation
mark")
is
usually
“
("open
inverted
commas")
or
‘
("open
inverted
comma"),
and
the
symbol
at
the
end
("closing
quotation
mark")
is
”
("close
inverted
commas")
or
’
("close
inverted
comma").
意味(2)
(Canada,
US)
One
of
a
pair
of
quotation
marks
used
to
denote
a
quotation
in
writing.
The
same
symbol
is
now
typically
used
at
both
the
beginning
and
the
end
of
the
quotation,
which
is
usually
the
"double
quotes"
or
"straight
quotes"
symbol
",
although
the
"single
quote"
or
"straight
quote"
symbol
'
is
sometimes
used,
especially
to
denote
a
quotation
within
a
quotation.