inverted commas
noun🔊/ɪnˌvɜːtɪd ˈkɒməz/
🔊/ɪnˌvɜːrtɪd ˈkɑːməz/
(British English) (also quotation marks, quotes, quote marks, speech marks (British and North American English))
[plural]Idioms a pair of marks (‘ ’) or ( “ ” ) placed around a word, sentence, etc. to show that it is what somebody said or wrote, that it is a title or that you are using it in an unusual way Topics Languagec2引号