exclamation
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[edit] English
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[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
[edit] Noun
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exclamation (plural exclamations)
- A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
- A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
- A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.
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[edit] Translations
loud calling or crying out; outcry
word expressing outcry
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mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked
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[edit] External links
- exclamation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- exclamation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Anagrams
- Alphagram: aaceilmnotx
- Coatlán Mixe
