the mark (‘'’) used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
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a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
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the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘,’) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
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 exclamatory rhetorical device; "exclamation such as ‘O tempore! O mores’"
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.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 the width of an 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.an exclamatory rhetorical device; "exclamation such as ‘O tempore! O mores’"
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.beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; "full the cloth"
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.
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A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, attribute, enclosed, text.Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; any one else; some one else.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, attribute, enclosed, text.Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, attribute, enclosed, text.a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, attribute, enclosed, text.To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, attribute, enclosed, text.(linguistics) the grammatical and lexical linking within a text or sentence that holds a text together and gives it meaning.; "While l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, attribute, enclosed, text.That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should ta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, attribute, enclosed, text.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, attribute, enclosed, text.Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, attribute, enclosed, text.the use in a text of different tones or viewpoints, whose interaction or contradiction is important to the text's interpretation.; "Wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, attribute, enclosed, text.Other; one or something beside; as, Who else is coming? What else shall I give? Do you expect anything else?
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, attribute, enclosed, text.a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
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