Full Point (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The full point is the most common punctuation mark in English language and it is used to indicate the end of a sentence.
- Their company's slogan ended with a full point to signify finality and importance.
- In British English the term full point is used to refer to the punctuation mark that Americans call a period.
- The word Abbreviation often ends with a full point to show that it is shortened version of a longer word.
- A full point is also used to abbreviate titles such as Mr., Mrs., and Dr.