The phrase
"to quote a source" means to use the exact words or statements from a specific person or document to support or prove a point.
Full definition
«He is on the run and all efforts to track him down have been futile,» the agency
quoted the source as saying.
Also note that you did not
quote any source at all and all we got from you was your personal opinion.
The third
most quoted source of financial pressure reported by school leaders was the cost of dealing with the additional needs of pupils, reported by 83 per cent of respondents.
But it's courteous and ethical to
quote the source of your inspiration (and similar to the legal concept of «moral rights», discussed in more detail below).
The news outlet
quoted sources explaining that the regulators are divided on whether to ban the use of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
One of our staff wrote the original article and at the bottom of the
post quoted his source, this article is a follow up article to our original one.
The data is taken from a recent survey of prices from various major life insurance companies as of 2014, taken from a
public quoting source.
The authors of the report are
quoting sources inside the industry, who say that they are «100 % positive» on which device is pictured.
The Daily Mail
quotes sources from police guarding the palace, who are «deeply concerned» about the use of such dating apps.
«Nick has really been going through it,» the Sunday Telegraph
quoted a source close to the prime minister as saying.
Farah with her triplets The report
quoted a source who said, «Katrina has laughed off the rumours of dating Aditya Roy Kapur.
«It should have happened sooner, but the President was hesitating about freeing the five (commanders)-- and especially about the money,» the BBC
quoted a source with detailed knowledge of the deal, as saying.
The
report quoted a source as saying both Tinubu and Atiku are unhappy with the presidency but do not want to come out openly on it.
Meanwhile the Daily Telegraph
quotes a source claiming the Prime Minister is «unlikely» to appear on screen with any other opponents ahead of the 23 June referendum.
The Daily
Telegraph quoted a source as saying the liberal branch of the Anglican Communion will face «consequences» over the move it made in June this year.
The Daily News on
Monday quoted a source close to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan raising the possibility the Senate would end the annual session on June 21 without a new mayoral control law in place if the Assembly does not come to the negotiating table.
The story was first reported by Trade Secret, which said Google initiated a meeting last year, then independently backed up by RBC, which
also quoted sources as saying Durov's proposal was not to Google's liking.
One figure for worldwide book sales is from John Kremer, who writes,
without quoting sources, «In 1995, world book sales reached $ 80 billion.
Samsung is capable of supplying a little less than 100 million units of curved OLED displays to Apple,» Korea Herald
quoted a source familiar with the matter as saying.
The Korea
Herald quotes its sources as saying that «the Galaxy S9's iris scanner will have an improved camera lens and functions to make it better [at recognizing] the eyes of users.»
The
site quoted sources from company's supply chain, who said the Taiwanese smartphone maker is looking to sell 20 million smartphones in 2017.
The
newspaper quotes sources close to the player, which claim there have been a number of clubs who have been in contact about a move, with Liverpool and Manchester United also interested.
Us
Weekly quotes a source close to the couple confirming: «Things fizzled as quickly as they heated up,» the source says.
TMZ reported Bieber was reaching out to Baldwin as part of a new faith - driven «open and honest» approach to life, while People
magazine quoted a source who said Gomez «wasn't thrilled» by the idea.
Countrywide newspaper
thenational.ae quotes sources close to Al Wahda as saying «Cahill's performance at the Asian Cup and the World Cup last year has really caught the eye of the Wahda top management and we can say a tentative deal is in place.
The Mail also
quotes sources stating worrying similarities between Sanchez and former United winger Angel Di Maria, who arrived as a big name signing surrounded by plenty of hype and excitement but who left a major flop after just one season.
The
Metro quote a source as saying «There is no doubt that if Florentino Perez quits as president, Bale will be sold».
Punch quoted sources as saying that the account with Unity Bank that was frozen had a balance of N500m.