punctuation mark
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
punctuation mark (plural punctuation marks)
- Any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc. and to aid the reader in understanding what is written.
HyponymsEdit
- See also Thesaurus:punctuation mark
TranslationsEdit
symbol used in writing
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See alsoEdit
- dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- ellipsis ( … )
- exclamation mark ( ! )
- fraction slash ( ⁄ )
- guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
- hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
- interpunct ( · )
- interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
- parentheses ( ( ) )
- period (US) or full stop (Britain) ( . )
- question mark ( ? )
- quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
- quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )