exclamation
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etcA loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
» Don't overuse exclamation marks.
Не злоупотребляйте восклицательными знаками.
Не злоупотребляй восклицательными знаками.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
Ausruf
восклица́ниеvosklicánije, во́згласvózglas, вы́крикvýkrik
ви́гукvýhuk, о́крикókryk, о́кликóklyk
(countable, uncountable)A word expressing outcry; an interjection.
Exklamation
восклица́ниеvosklicánije
(countable, uncountable)An exclamation mark.
- an abrupt excited utterance
- a loud complaint or protest or reproach
- an exclamatory rhetorical device
Examples
32 sentencesDon't overuse exclamation marks.
ruНе злоупотребляйте восклицательными знаками.
He utters an exclamation of annoyance.
deEr gibt einen gequälten Ausruf von sich.
This sentence needs more exclamation marks.
ruЭтому предложению нужно больше восклицательных знаков.
deDieser Satz braucht mehr Ausrufezeichen.
The title has an exclamation point.
An exclamation mark is a punctuation mark.
ruВосклицательный знак - это знак препинания.
deEin Ausrufezeichen ist ein Interpunktionszeichen.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclāmātiō, from exclāmō (“to cry out”Borrowed from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclāmātiō, from exclāmō (“to cry out”) + -tiō.
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Forms
plural: exclamations| Singular | exclamation |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- an abrupt excited utterance:exclaiming
- an exclamatory rhetorical device:ecphonesis
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable