full stop

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 See also 1.2.4 Translations 1.3 Interjection 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /fʊl stɒp/

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full stop (plural full stops)

1. (British, Australian, South African) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).

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• (indicating end of sentence) period (North America)
• (marking an abbreviation) dot, point

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• full-stop landing

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Punctuation

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( { } ) ( ⟨ ⟩ ) colon ( : )

comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― ) ellipsis ( … )

exclamation mark ( ! ) full stop/period ( . ) hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )

interrobang ( ‽ ) question mark ( ? ) quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )

semicolon ( ; ) slash/solidus ( / ) ( ⁄ ) space (   ) interpunct ( · )

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[edit] Interjection

full stop

1. (British, Australian) And nothing less.

   We need more people to join IRC, full stop.

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(and nothing less): and that’s final, and that’s that, it’s as simple as that, period (North America), end of

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