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Definition of Double quotes
1. Noun. A pair of quotation marks.
Definition of Double quotes
1. Noun. (plural of double quote) ¹
2. Verb. (third-person singular of double quote) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Quotes
Literary usage of Double quotes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. SAS(R) 9.1.3 Language Reference:: Dictionary, Fifth Edition, Volumes 1-4 by SAS Institute (2006)
"... no change "" returns a string with length zero "Matching double quotes are
... no change Matching double quotes are removed Matching single quotes are ..."
2. Modern Punctuation: Its Utilities and Conventions by George Summey (1919)
"Save for a quotation within a quotation, most American printers use double quotes
for both citation and special designation. But there are exceptions. ..."
3. Text, Type and Style: A Compendium of Atlantic Usage by George Burnham Ives, Atlantic monthly press, inc., Boston (1921)
"... the double quotes take up an unconscionable amount of room, where they occur
at all frequently, thereby interfering seriously with good spacing, ..."
4. The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition; a Treatise on Spelling by Theodore Low De Vinne (1904)
"SINGLE QUOTES British printers sometimes use single instead of double quotes,
but not with advantage to the print or help to the reader. ..."
5. Programming in Lua by Roberto Ierusalimschy (2003)
"It surrounds the string with double quotes and properly escapes double quotes,
newlines, and some other characters inside the string. ..."
6. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for Windows by SAS Institute (2004)
"To specify concatenated directories, specify the directory names inside parentheses,
enclose each directory name in double quotes, and separate the ..."
7. SAS/IML 9.1 by SAS Institute (2004)
"For example, here is an all-purpose routine that shows what the expansion of any
macno is, assuming that it does not have embedded double quotes: 1* ..."
8. SAS/OR(R) 9.1.2 User's Guide:: Mathematical Programming by SAS Publishing, SAS Institute, Trevor Kearney, Virginia Clark, Donna Sawyer (2004)
"Entities that contain blanks must be enclosed in single on double quotes. ...
you must enclose the entity in single on double quotes. print ..."
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