full stop meaning

UK /fʊl stɒp/ US /fʊl stɑp/ 2 syllables

full stop (noun): a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations.

Definition of full stop

  1. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
    • in England they call a period a stop

    Synonyms: period, point, stop, full point

    Type of: punctuation

    Kinds: suspension point

How to pronounce full stop

full stop is pronounced /fʊl stɒp/ in British English and /fʊl stɑp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.

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