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exclamation mark

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ˌeks-klə-ˈmā-shən mɑrk/
    • /ˌek.skləˈmeɪ.ʃən mɑːk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˌeks-klə-ˈmā-shən mɑrk/

Definitions of exclamation mark words

  • noun Technical meaning of exclamation mark (character)   The character "!" with ASCII code 33. Common names: bang; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; ITU-T: exclamation mark, exclamation point (US). Rare: factorial; exclam; smash; cuss; boing; yell; wow; hey; wham; eureka; soldier; INTERCAL: spark-spot. The Commonwealth Hackish, "pling", is common among Acorn Archimedes owners. Bang is more common in the USA. The occasional CMU usage, "shriek", is also used by APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists. Exclamation mark is used in C and elsewhere as the logical negation operation (NOT). 1
  • countable noun exclamation mark An exclamation mark is the sign ! which is used in writing to show that a word, phrase, or sentence is an exclamation. 0
  • noun exclamation mark the punctuation mark ! used after exclamations and vehement commands 0
  • noun exclamation mark this mark used for any other purpose, as to draw attention to an obvious mistake, in road warning signs, (in chess commentaries) beside the notation of a move considered a good one, (in mathematics) as a symbol of the factorial function, or (in logic) occurring with an existential quantifier 0
  • noun exclamation mark Punctuation mark “!” (used to denote excitement, surprise or shock). 0
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Parts of speech for Exclamation mark

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exclamation mark popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

exclamation mark usage trend in Literature

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