Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).

    Punkt

    то́чкаtóčka

    кра́пкаkrápka, то́чкаtóčka

    a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

  2. (figuratively)A decisive end to something.

  3. A complete stop.

Examples

45 sentences
  1. The bus came to a full stop.

  2. It had come to a full stop.

    Воно зупинилося. — pinaxe

  3. Please add a full stop at the end of your sentence.

    Додайте крапку в кінці свого речення, будь ласка. — deniko

    deSetze bitte einen Punkt an das Ende deines Satzes. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. You've forgotten the full stop at the end of the sentence.

    Ви забули крапку в кінці речення. — Ahha

    ruВы забыли точку в конце предложения. — carlosalberto

    deDu hast den Punkt am Satzende vergessen. — raggione

  5. Please put a full stop.

    Поставте крапку, будь ласка. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, поставьте точку. — fjay69

    deBitte einen Punkt setzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩:
Русский
By meaning 1
The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩:

Forms

plural: full stops

Synonyms

7 synonyms
indicating end of sentence:periodA1
marking an abbreviation:dotB1
decisive end:hard stop
Close in meaning
  • a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations:periodpointstopfull point

Word family

22 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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