A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.Interrogation point: alternatives and connections
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Interrogation point
a punctuation mark (‘?’) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
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A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or t…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.An animated or passionate exclamation.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for,…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a quad with a square body; "since ‘em quad’ is hard to distinguish from ‘en quad’, printers sometimes called it a ‘mutton quad’"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a quad with a square body; "since ‘em quad’ is hard to distinguish from ‘en quad’, printers sometimes called it a ‘mutton quad’"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a dash that is one-half the length of an em dash.; "The en dash is commonly used to indicate a closed range of values — a range with c…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expres…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and h…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.Words connected by meaning
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A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the ot…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adje…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.Denoting a question; expressed in the form of a question; as, an interrogative sentence; an interrogative pronoun.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.A license of reprisals. See Marque.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.To butt; to push with the horns.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, placed, sentence, indicate.Explore Academic Dictionary
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