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"forms": [
{
"form": "exclamation marks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "exclamation mark (plural exclamation marks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
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"kind": "other",
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"Terms with redundant script codes",
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"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Punctuation marks",
"orig": "en:Punctuation marks",
"parents": [
"Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
"Symbols",
"Orthography",
"Writing",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Human",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2006 Feb. 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 2",
"text": "Subject: Fire... Dear Sir-stroke-Madam: Fire. Exclamation mark. Fire. Exclamation mark. Help me. Exclamation mark. 123 Carendon Road. Looking forward to hearing from you. All the best, Maurice Moss."
},
{
"ref": "2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 40",
"text": "Traditionally, the exclamation mark has been used sparingly, especially in formal writing.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "The excessive use of exclamation marks devalues their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The punctuation mark “!” (generally used to denote excitement, surprise or shock)."
],
"id": "en-exclamation_mark-en-noun-NasjDWtz",
"links": [
[
"punctuation mark",
"punctuation mark"
],
[
"!",
"!"
]
],
"related": [
{
"english": "inverted exclamation mark/point",
"word": "¡"
},
{
"english": "double exclamation mark/point",
"word": "‼"
},
{
"roman": "interrobang",
"word": "‽"
},
{
"word": "⁈"
},
{
"word": "⁉"
},
{
"english": "small exclamation mark/point",
"word": "﹗"
},
{
"roman": "dingbat",
"word": "❢"
},
{
"roman": "dingbat",
"word": "❣"
},
{
"alt": "!",
"tags": [
"Armenian"
],
"word": "՜"
},
{
"alt": "!",
"tags": [
"Limbu"
],
"word": "᥄"
},
{
"alt": "'; ’",
"word": "apostrophe"
},
{
"word": "curly brackets"
},
{
"alt": "{ }",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "brace"
},
{
"word": "square bracket"
},
{
"alt": "[ ]",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "bracket"
},
{
"alt": ":",
"word": "colon"
},
{
"alt": ",",
"word": "comma"
},
{
"alt": "‒; –; —; ―",
"word": "dash"
},
{
"alt": "…",
"word": "ellipsis"
},
{
"alt": "⁄",
"word": "fraction slash"
},
{
"alt": "« »; ‹ ›",
"word": "guillemet"
},
{
"alt": "-; ‐",
"word": "hyphen"
},
{
"alt": "·",
"word": "interpunct"
},
{
"alt": "‽",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "interrobang"
},
{
"word": "bracket"
},
{
"word": "parentheses (US"
},
{
"alt": "( )",
"word": "Canada)"
},
{
"word": "full stop"
},
{
"alt": ".",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
],
"word": "period"
},
{
"alt": "?",
"word": "question mark"
},
{
"alt": "‘ ’ ‚; „",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "quotation marks"
},
{
"alt": "\"; '",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "quotation marks"
},
{
"alt": ";",
"word": "semicolon"
},
{
"word": "slash"
},
{
"alt": "/",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "stroke"
},
{
"alt": "] [",
"word": "space"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "exclamation"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "exclamation point"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Britain"
],
"word": "shriek"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "bang"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "ecphoneme"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "mark of admiration"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "note of admiration"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "note of exclamation"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "note of interjection"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "pling"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "astonisher"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "screamer"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "interjection point"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "uitroepteken"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalāmat taʕajjub",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَلَامَةْ تَعَجُّب"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalāmat hutāf",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَلَامَةْ هُتَاف"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bacʿakančʿakan nšan",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "բացականչական նշան"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "šuwdāʿā d-qrāytā",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܫܘܼܘܕܵܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "nida işarəsi"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "öndəw bildəhe",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "өндәү билдәһе"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "klíčnik",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клі́чнік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "klíčny znak",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клі́чны знак"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udivitelna",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "удивителна"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signe d'exclamació"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signe d'admiració"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "感嘆號"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǎntànhào",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "感叹号"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "nida işareti"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vykřičník"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "udråbstegn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "uitroepteken"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "krisigno"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "hüüumärk"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rópitekn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "huutomerkki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "point d’exclamation"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ძახილის ნიშანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ausrufezeichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"rare"
],
"word": "Ausrufungszeichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Austria",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Rufzeichen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "thavmastikó",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "θαυμαστικό"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "siman kria",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "סימן קריאה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "felkiáltójel"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "upphrópunarmerki"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "klamopunto"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comhartha uaillbhreasa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto esclamativo"
},
{
"alt": "かんたんふ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kantanfu",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "感嘆符"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bikkurimāku",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ビックリマーク"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼutiənĕəʼsaññaa",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ឧទានសញ្ញា"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "vɨmhaʼyĕəʼsaññaa",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "វិម្ហយសញ្ញា"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "neukkimpyo",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "느낌표"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "izsaukuma zīme"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šauktukas"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "may²ṡṅuk",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ᦺᦙᧉᦉᦐᦳᧅ"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ausruffzeechen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvičnik",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "извичник"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "tanda seru"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vikṣēpiṇi",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "വിക്ഷേപിണി"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "āścaryacihnaṁ",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ആശ്ചര്യചിഹ്നം"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "tohu karanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "tohuhā"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "tohuoho"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "anxaarlyn temdeg",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "анхаарлын тэмдэг"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "point d'excliamâtion"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mèrque d'excliamâtion"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "utropstegn"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'alâmat-e ta'ajjob",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "عَلامَتِ تَعَجُّب"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wykrzyknik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponto de exclamação"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "vismak cinnh",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਵਿਸਮਕ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "semn de exclamare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "semn de exclamație"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vosklicátelʹnyj znak",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "восклица́тельный знак"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clisg-phuing"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "у̀скличнӣк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "у̀звичнӣк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùskličnīk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùzvičnīk"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výkričník"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klicaj"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "kïygïlu temdek",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "кыйгылу темдек"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signo de exclamación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signo de admiración"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "alama ya mshangao"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "utropstecken"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "tandang padamdam"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "àt-sà-jee-rii",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "อัศเจรีย์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-dtòk-jai",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "เครื่องหมายตกใจ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ünlem"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ünlem işareti"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oklýčnyj znak",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "окли́чний знак"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znak óklyku",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "знак о́клику"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "dấu chấm than"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
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],
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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}
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}
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/ˌɛks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃən ˌmɑɹk/",
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"US"
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"word": "¡"
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"english": "double exclamation mark/point",
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},
{
"roman": "interrobang",
"word": "‽"
},
{
"word": "⁈"
},
{
"word": "⁉"
},
{
"english": "small exclamation mark/point",
"word": "﹗"
},
{
"roman": "dingbat",
"word": "❢"
},
{
"roman": "dingbat",
"word": "❣"
},
{
"alt": "!",
"tags": [
"Armenian"
],
"word": "՜"
},
{
"alt": "!",
"tags": [
"Limbu"
],
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},
{
"alt": "'; ’",
"word": "apostrophe"
},
{
"word": "curly brackets"
},
{
"alt": "{ }",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "brace"
},
{
"word": "square bracket"
},
{
"alt": "[ ]",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "bracket"
},
{
"alt": ":",
"word": "colon"
},
{
"alt": ",",
"word": "comma"
},
{
"alt": "‒; –; —; ―",
"word": "dash"
},
{
"alt": "…",
"word": "ellipsis"
},
{
"alt": "⁄",
"word": "fraction slash"
},
{
"alt": "« »; ‹ ›",
"word": "guillemet"
},
{
"alt": "-; ‐",
"word": "hyphen"
},
{
"alt": "·",
"word": "interpunct"
},
{
"alt": "‽",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
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},
{
"word": "bracket"
},
{
"word": "parentheses (US"
},
{
"alt": "( )",
"word": "Canada)"
},
{
"word": "full stop"
},
{
"alt": ".",
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"Canada",
"US"
],
"word": "period"
},
{
"alt": "?",
"word": "question mark"
},
{
"alt": "‘ ’ ‚; „",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "quotation marks"
},
{
"alt": "\"; '",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "quotation marks"
},
{
"alt": ";",
"word": "semicolon"
},
{
"word": "slash"
},
{
"alt": "/",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"word": "stroke"
},
{
"alt": "] [",
"word": "space"
}
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"Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
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"ref": "2006 Feb. 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 2",
"text": "Subject: Fire... Dear Sir-stroke-Madam: Fire. Exclamation mark. Fire. Exclamation mark. Help me. Exclamation mark. 123 Carendon Road. Looking forward to hearing from you. All the best, Maurice Moss."
},
{
"ref": "2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 40",
"text": "Traditionally, the exclamation mark has been used sparingly, especially in formal writing.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "The excessive use of exclamation marks devalues their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works!",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"The punctuation mark “!” (generally used to denote excitement, surprise or shock)."
],
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[
"punctuation mark",
"punctuation mark"
],
[
"!",
"!"
]
]
}
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃən ˌmɑɹk/",
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"US"
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"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "exclamation"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "exclamation point"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Britain"
],
"word": "shriek"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"word": "bang"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "ecphoneme"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "mark of admiration"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "note of admiration"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "note of exclamation"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "note of interjection"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
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"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"natural-sciences"
],
"word": "pling"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "astonisher"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "screamer"
},
{
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "interjection point"
}
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "uitroepteken"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalāmat taʕajjub",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَلَامَةْ تَعَجُّب"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalāmat hutāf",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "عَلَامَةْ هُتَاف"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bacʿakančʿakan nšan",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "բացականչական նշան"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "šuwdāʿā d-qrāytā",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܫܘܼܘܕܵܥܵܐ ܕܩܪܵܝܬܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "nida işarəsi"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "öndəw bildəhe",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "өндәү билдәһе"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "klíčnik",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клі́чнік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "klíčny znak",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клі́чны знак"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udivitelna",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "удивителна"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signe d'exclamació"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signe d'admiració"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "感嘆號"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǎntànhào",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "感叹号"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "nida işareti"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vykřičník"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "udråbstegn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "uitroepteken"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "krisigno"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "hüüumärk"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rópitekn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "huutomerkki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "point d’exclamation"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ძახილის ნიშანი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ausrufezeichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"rare"
],
"word": "Ausrufungszeichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Austria",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Rufzeichen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "thavmastikó",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "θαυμαστικό"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "siman kria",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "סימן קריאה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "felkiáltójel"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "upphrópunarmerki"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "klamopunto"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "comhartha uaillbhreasa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto esclamativo"
},
{
"alt": "かんたんふ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kantanfu",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "感嘆符"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bikkurimāku",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ビックリマーク"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼutiənĕəʼsaññaa",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ឧទានសញ្ញា"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "vɨmhaʼyĕəʼsaññaa",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "វិម្ហយសញ្ញា"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "neukkimpyo",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "느낌표"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "izsaukuma zīme"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šauktukas"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "may²ṡṅuk",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ᦺᦙᧉᦉᦐᦳᧅ"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ausruffzeechen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izvičnik",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "извичник"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "tanda seru"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vikṣēpiṇi",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "വിക്ഷേപിണി"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "āścaryacihnaṁ",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ആശ്ചര്യചിഹ്നം"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "tohu karanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "tohuhā"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "tohuoho"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "anxaarlyn temdeg",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "анхаарлын тэмдэг"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "point d'excliamâtion"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mèrque d'excliamâtion"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "utropstegn"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "'alâmat-e ta'ajjob",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "عَلامَتِ تَعَجُّب"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wykrzyknik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponto de exclamação"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "vismak cinnh",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਵਿਸਮਕ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "semn de exclamare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "semn de exclamație"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vosklicátelʹnyj znak",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "восклица́тельный знак"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clisg-phuing"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "у̀скличнӣк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "у̀звичнӣк"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùskličnīk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ùzvičnīk"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výkričník"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klicaj"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "kïygïlu temdek",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "кыйгылу темдек"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signo de exclamación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "signo de admiración"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "alama ya mshangao"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "utropstecken"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "tandang padamdam"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "àt-sà-jee-rii",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "อัศเจรีย์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-dtòk-jai",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "เครื่องหมายตกใจ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ünlem"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "ünlem işareti"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oklýčnyj znak",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "окли́чний знак"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znak óklyku",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "знак о́клику"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"word": "dấu chấm than"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ebychnod"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "punctuation “!”",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rhyfeddnod"
}
],
"word": "exclamation mark"
}
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