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 separate related items of information
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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…
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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, separate, related, items.Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, separate, related, items.A paper unwritten; a paper without marks or characters a blank ballot; -- especially, a paper on which are to be inserted designated i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, separate, related, items.A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, separate, related, items.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, separate, related, items.The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, separate, related, items.(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, separate, related, items.a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural); "anci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, separate, related, items.An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, separate, related, items.a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, separate, related, items.a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: punctuation, mark, separate, related, items.In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the p…
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