FULL STOP | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of full stop in English

(Definition of full stop from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of full stop from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of full stop

full stop
In the view of the dissenters, first sale should not apply to foreign-made copies, full stop.
We think night is dark -- full stop, end of story.
I work with engineers, what we want to know is, of course it's the right thing to do full stop.
Come to a full stop, get down, make the prostration, get up and get out.
From ESPN
Each consists of a just one round cell, so small that a few hundred of which could fit in this full stop.
You can even come to a "full stop," slowly and gracefully, at any time.
I think that we believe in the same values and principles, full stop.
Once you get the hang of it, you can come to a full stop from top speed within 15 feet.
The mantra, during the college boom, was that people should go to college, full stop -- a notion that for-profit universities exploited in their recruitment tactics.
You have to know the backstory for it to make any sense, full stop.
They want to be treated as an executive full stop.
From NPR
There's got to be a point between full stop and full-speed ahead.
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Translations of full stop

in Chinese (Traditional)
句號, 到此爲止,得了,不必多說…
in Chinese (Simplified)
句号, 到此为止,得了,不必多说…
in Spanish
punto, punto [masculine]…
in Portuguese
ponto final, ponto final [masculine]…
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प्रतीक । एखाद्या वाक्याच्या शेवटी किंवा शब्दाच्या संक्षिप्त स्वरूपाच्या शेवटी लेखनात वापरला जातो…
ピリオド(.), 終止符(しゅうしふ)…
nokta (.), nokta…
point [masculine] (final), point…
punt…
punt…
ஒரு வாக்கியத்தின் முடிவில் அல்லது ஒரு வார்த்தையின் குறுகிய வடிவத்தின் முடிவில் எழுத்தில் பயன்படுத்தப்படும் குறியீடு . (புள்ளி)…
फुल स्टॉप, एक वाक्य के अंत में या किसी शब्द के संक्षिप्त रूप के अंत में लगा एक प्रतीक(.)…
પૂર્ણવિરામ…
punktum…
punkt…
noktah…
der Punkt…
punktum [neuter], punktum…
وقت لازم, ایک قسم کی علامت جوجملے کے آخر میں یا لفظ کی مختصر شکل کے آخر میں استعمال ہوتی ہے (اردو میں اس کو ڈیش سے ظاہر کیا جاتا ہے)…
крапка…
точка…
విశ్రామము, చిహ్నం . వాక్యం చివరిలో లేదా పదం యొక్క చిన్న రూపం చివరిలో వ్రాతపూర్వకంగా ఉపయోగించబడుతుంది…
نُقْطة…
পূর্ণচ্ছেদ, দাঁড়ি…
tečka…
titik…
มหัพภาค…
dấu chấm…
kropka…
마침표…
punto…
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