full stop

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ˌfull ˈstop1 ●●○ noun  [countable] British EnglishTCN a point (.) that marks the end of a sentence or the short form of a word 句号 SYN American English period Put a full stop at the end of the sentence. 句末要加上句号。

Examples from the Corpus

full stop• She gulped wine and set her glass down firm as a full stop.• The termination codon is denoted by a full stop.• Will Tie Rack come to a full stop?• Her life had simply come to a full stop.• And like an artist, she had chosen the moment, the scene of the full stop.• Third, in forcing an end of a tone group at this point, the full stop also foregrounds the previous rheme.full stop2 interjection British English informal  CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYused at the end of a sentence to emphasize that you do not want to say any more about a subject 就是这样，不必多说 SYN period American English I don’t have a reason. I just don’t want to go, full stop. 我没有理由，我就是不想去，不必多说了。

Examples from the Corpus

full stop• He didn't ask any questions full stop.• Period, full stop, as Dionne would say.

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full stop

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ˌfull ˈstop¹ noun
[countable] British English a point (.) that marks the end of a sentence or the short form of a word
   SYN  period American English:
    Put a full stop at the end of the sentence.

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full stop² interjection British English informal
used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that you do not want to say any more about a subject
   SYN  period American English:
    I don’t have a reason. I just don’t want to go, full stop.