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. — soweli_Elepanto
Не злоупотребляй восклицательными знаками. — marafon
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — soweli_Elepanto
He utters an exclamation of annoyance.
deEr gibt einen gequälten Ausruf von sich. — pengpau
This sentence needs more exclamation marks.
ruЭтому предложению нужно больше восклицательных знаков. — odexed
deDieser Satz braucht mehr Ausrufezeichen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The title has an exclamation point.
An exclamation mark is a punctuation mark.
ruВосклицательный знак - это знак препинания. — marafon
deEin Ausrufezeichen ist ein Interpunktionszeichen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.