full stop

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Noun [edit]

full stop (plural full stops)

  1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) The punctuation mark.” (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).

Synonyms [edit]

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

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Punctuation

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Interjection [edit]

full stop

  1. (colloquial) Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking.
    We need more people to join IRC, full stop.

Synonyms [edit]

(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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