English Explanatory Dictionary

full stop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
  2. A decisive end to something.
  3. A complete stop.
intj
  1. Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate.
verb
  1. Alternative form of full-stop.

Pronunciation

/ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/ En-us-full stop.ogg EN-AU ck1 full stop.ogg

Word forms

full stop full stops full-stop fullstop full stopping full stopped

Synonyms

period dot hard stop point -x and that’s final that’s that it’s as simple as that end of

Related words

apostrophe curly brackets brace square bracket bracket colon comma dash ellipsis exclamation mark fraction slash guillemet hyphen interpunct interrobang parentheses (US Canada) full stop or period question mark quotation marks semicolon slash stroke space dot dot dot

Derived words

Chinese full stop full-stop landing full-stop full-stopped ideographic full stop Japanese full stop
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