How to pronounce “full stop”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
• (figurative) A decisive end to something.
• A complete stop.
• [Interjection]
• (colloquial) Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate.
• [Verb]
• Alternative form of full-stop.

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