asterisknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæs.tər.ɪsk/us/ˈæs.tɚ.ɪsk/the symbol * , used to refer readers to a note at the bottom of a page of text, or to show that a letter is missing from a word:
Sometimes taboo words are written with asterisks to avoid causing offence.
US something that makes an achievement less impressive or less complete:
It's a new world record, but one with an asterisk.
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- Use an asterisk to represent any letter you do not know.
- Where is the asterisk on this keyboard?
- The sections are divided with a line of asterisks.
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Punctuation
- ampersand
- capitalize
- caron
- cedilla
- dash
- ditto
- ellipsis
- grave (accent)
- guillemet
- hyphen
- hyphenate
- lower case
- parentheses
- period
- punctuation
- punctuation mark
- question mark
- quotation marks
- tilde
- upper case
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asteriskverb [ T ]
uk/ˈæs.tər.ɪsk/us/ˈæs.tɚ.ɪsk/to write an asterisk next to something:
I have asterisked the books that are essential reading for the course.
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Writing & typing
- borrow
- chalk
- chronicle
- co-author
- compose
- copy
- creative writing
- enter
- fair sth out
- fire
- ghostwrite
- misspell
- orthography
- record
- run
- scrawl
- transcription
- typing
- write
- write sth up
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