famous quotation

collocation in English

meaningsoffamousandquotation

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famous
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.məs/us
/ˈfeɪ.məs/
known and recognized by ...
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quotation
noun[C]
uk
/kwəʊˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/kwoʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
a phrase or short piece of writing taken from a longer work of literature, poetry, etc. or what someone else ...
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(Definition offamousandquotationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffamous quotation

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The present position as regards thefamousquotation, "location, siting and design" is totally unacceptable.
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I will forbear to complete thatfamousquotation.
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To suggest that we can do it all by an injunction reminds me of afamousquotation.
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Afamousquotationtells us that those whom the gods would destroy they first send mad.
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The contestant was shown afamousquotationor common phrase, and the words were scrambled.
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References to and parodies of thefamousquotationhave often appeared in popular culture.
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Zhang's mostfamousquotationis that the six classics are all history.
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Anon has been responsible for most of the famous quotations.
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One of his famous quotations was good physicists upgrade themselves into system engineers.
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Many of his famous quotations, including there's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation and just watch me, were made during scrums.
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