indirect quotation
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
indirect quotation (plural indirect quotations)
- An utterance in which one person states what someone else said, but framed as an object within a larger clause without quotation marks (when in written form) and sometimes, but not necessarily, repeating their exact words verbatim.
- Coordinate term: direct quote
- She relayed his words as an indirect quotation: she said, "He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken."
- He told us that he wants stronger action to be taken; there are no quote marks in this sentence because it contains an indirect quotation.
- (numismatics, business) A rate in foreign currency.
- Synonyms: currency rate, receiving quotation