#mark.written_symbol a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"
supertype: #written_symbol__writtensymbol__printed_symbol__printedsymbol a written or printed symbol
subtype: #arrow.mark__pointer a mark to indicate a direction or relation
subtype: #broad_arrow.mark a mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing
subtype: #call_mark__call_number__pressmark a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location
subtype: #caret a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
subtype: #check_mark__checkmark__check a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each student's name"
subtype: #diacritical_mark__diacriticalmark__diacritic a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
subtype: #accent_mark__accent a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or (in some languages) placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
subtype: #stress_mark a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
subtype: #acute_accent__acuteaccent__acute__ague a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
subtype: #grave_accent__graveaccent__grave a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
subtype: #breve a diacritical mark (u-curved) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
subtype: #cedilla a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
subtype: #circumflex a diacritical mark '^' placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
subtype: #hacek__wedge a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation
subtype: #macron a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
subtype: #tilde a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
subtype: #umlaut__dieresis__diaeresis__diaeresi a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
subtype: #ditto_mark__dittomark__ditto a mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated
subtype: #dollar_mark__dollar_sign a mark ($) written before a number to indicate that it stands for the number of dollars
subtype: #point.mark__head a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"
subtype: #punctuation_mark__punctuationmark__punctuation the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
subtype: #ampersand a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
subtype: #angle_bracket__anglebracket__bracket either of two punctuation marks (< or >) used to enclose textual material
subtype: #apostrophe the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
subtype: #brace.punctuation_mark either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
subtype: #square_bracket__bracket either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
subtype: #colon.punctuation_mark a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
subtype: #comma a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
subtype: #exclamation_mark__exclamationmark__exclamation_point__exclamationpoint a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation
subtype: #hyphen__dash a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
subtype: #parenthesis__parenthesi either of two punctuation marks ( or ) used to enclose textual material
subtype: #full_stop__period__point__stop__full_point 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"
subtype: #suspension_point (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete
subtype: #question_mark__interrogation_point__interrogationpoint a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
subtype: #quotation_mark__quotationmark__quote__invertedcomma a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
subtype: #single_quote a single quotation mark
subtype: #double_quotes a pair of quotation marks
subtype: #scare_quote__scarequote the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
subtype: #semicolon a punctuation mark (;) used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
subtype: #solidus__slash__virgule__diagonal__stroke__separatrix a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
subtype: #swung_dash__swungdash a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word
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