full stopnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/us/ˌfʊl ˈstɑːp/UK US periodB1 the symbol . used in writing at the end of a sentence or at the end of the short form of a word
Examples
- He keeps missing the full stop offs the ends of his sentences.
- Make sure you put a full stop at the end of every sentence.
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Punctuation
- ampersand
- asterisk
- capitalize
- caron
- cedilla
- dash
- ditto
- grave (accent)
- guillemet
- hyphen
- hyphenate
- parentheses
- period
- punctuation
- punctuation mark
- question mark
- quotation marks
- stroke
- tilde
- upper case
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Idiom(s)
come to a full stop
full stopadverb
uk/ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/us/ˌfʊl ˈstɑːp/UK US periodused at the end of a sentence, usually when you are angry, to say you will not continue to discuss a subject:
Look, I'm not lending you my car, full stop!
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Linguistics: intensifying expressions
- a heck of a sth/sb idiom
- a load of crap, nonsense, rubbish, etc. idiom
- all the way idiom
- annoy, frighten, scare, etc. the hell out of sb idiom
- anything
- as... as anything idiom
- be chilled/frozen to the marrow idiom
- clear
- core
- extreme
- hell of a idiom
- leastways
- like a ton of bricks idiom
- load
- long
- more than idiom
- mortally
- out-and-out
- to hell idiom
- to your heart's content idiom
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