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"
period, point, full stop, stop, full point
| Kinds of ...: period, point, full stop, stop, full point |
kinds of:
- suspension point — (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete
| ... is a Kind of: period, point, full stop, stop, full point |
is a kind of:
- punctuation, punctuation mark — the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
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