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full stop en · INTJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (colloquial) Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate.
   • We need more people to join IRC, full stop.

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Relateds

dot dot dot · question mark

Synonyms

end of (and nothing less) · period (and nothing less) · and that’s final (and nothing less) · it’s as simple as that (and nothing less) · that’s that (and nothing less) · hard stop (and nothing less)

Translations (19)

pt ponto final (Interjection) · de da ist nichts zu machen (Interjection) · de keine Widerrede (Interjection) · fr un point c’est tout (Interjection) · sv punkt slut (Interjection) · fr point (Interjection) · de Schluss, aus, Ende (Interjection) · ru и то́чка (Interjection) · es punto final (Interjection) · el τελεία και παύλα (Interjection) · de basta (Interjection) · de Punktum (Interjection) · fr point final (Interjection) · fi ja piste (Interjection) · de Punkt. Aus. Ende (Interjection) · sv och därmed basta! (Interjection) · de und damit basta (Interjection) · es y punto (Interjection) · fi piste (Interjection)

full stop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
   • the final period / the final full stop 2002, Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis, Methuen, →ISBN, page 41:
2. (figuratively) A decisive end to something.
   • [S]pielberg was keen to stress that The Fabelmans is not a full stop: “It is not because I decided to retire, and this is my swan song, don’t believe that.” 2022 October 22, Wendy Ide, quoting Steven Spielberg, “‘It’s a way to bring my mum and dad back’: Steven Spielberg on the new wave of cine-memoirs”, in The Guardian:
3. A complete stop.
   • The train moved slowly, very slowly, but at least it was moving, and the customers were grateful even for indecisive motion going their way. Just outside the Nassau border, in Queens, the train came to a full stop. 1978 February 26, Richard F. Shepard, “ABOUT LONG ISLAND: 7 Hours to Manhasset, and So Forth”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025:
   • For example, the NHTSA forced Tesla to prevent the system from executing illegal “rolling stops” (moving slowly through a stop sign without ever coming to a full stop, while an “unexpected braking” problem is the subject of a current inquiry. 2022 March 27, Laurie Clarke, “How self-driving cars got stuck in the slow lane”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2022:
   • What’s more, Mr Samek did not even wake up after the car had come to a full stop: officers were forced to wake hm up by knocking on the window, according to a police report that indicated the autopilot feature was likely on “considering the vehicle’s ability to slow to a stop when Samek was asleep.” 2018 December 3, Chris Riotta, “How police stopped a speeding Tesla with a sleeping driver behind the wheel”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2018:

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Deriveds

full-stop · Japanese full stop · ideographic full stop · full-stop landing · full-stopped · Chinese full stop

Relateds

bracket · stroke · question mark · quotation marks · curly brackets · space · square bracket · hyphen · ellipsis · interrobang · Canada) · dash · interpunct · exclamation mark · brace · colon · guillemet · bracket · quotation marks · slash · semicolon · full stop or period · fraction slash · parentheses (US · comma · apostrophe

Synonyms

hard stop (decisive end) · point · period (indicating end of sentence) · -x · dot (marking an abbreviation)

Translations (113)

ky точка (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ar نُقْطَة (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · he נְקֻדָּה (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · nn punktum (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · cmn 句點 /句点 (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · kmr xal (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · khb ᦺᦙᧉᦉᦳᧆ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ar عَلَامَة فَصْلِيَّة (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · nrf point (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · id titik (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · it punto (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · lkt wóihaŋke (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · th พินทุ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · cy diweddnod (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · rue то́чка (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · uz nuqta (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ta முற்றுப்புள்ளி ((figurative) A decisive end to something.) · sl pika (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · sh tȍčka (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · bn দাঁড়ি (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ms titik (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · tr nokta (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · sv punkt (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ja 句点 (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · bg то́чка (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · uk то́чка (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · pt ponto (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · hu pont (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · bn বিন্দু (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · mi ira kati (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · tt нокта (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ky чекит (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · fi piste (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · vi dấu chấm (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · sa दंड (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · el τελεία (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · bn । (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · hi बिंदु (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · tk nokat (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · be кро́пка (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · az nöqtə (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · kmr niqte (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · mn ᠴᠡᠭ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · prs نُقْطَه (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ca punt (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ur نُقْطَہ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · my ၊ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · da punktum (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ug نۇقتا (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ur ۔ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · cmn 句號 /句号 (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · et punkt (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ka წერტილი (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · cy atalnod llawn (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · te చుక్క (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · hi पूर्णविराम (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · kk нүкте (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ga lánstad (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · cs tečka (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ur خَتْمَہ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · fr point (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · de Punkt (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · es punto final ((figurative) A decisive end to something.) · es parón ((figurative) A decisive end to something.) · hi । (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ja 終止符 (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · mn цэг (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ja 。 (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · sk bodka (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · sh tȁčka (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ro punct (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · eo punkto (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ja ピリオド (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · es punto (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · uk кра́пка (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · sq pikë (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · nl punt (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · khb ᦺᦙᧉᦅᧄᦉᦳᧆ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · sa । (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · gd stad-phuing (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · hy ։ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · nb punktum (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ba нөктә (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · hi दंड (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · fa-ira نُقْطِه (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · lo ຈຸດ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · sh та̏чка (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ms noktah (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · mk точка (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · hy վերջակետ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · is punktur (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · hy կետ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · lv punkts (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · tg нуқта (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · my ။ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ta முற்றுப்புள்ளி (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ga ponc (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · as দাৰি (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · lt taškas (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · es punto final (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · cmn 。 (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · th มหัพภาค (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · th จุด (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · sh то̏чка (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · cv пӑнчӑ (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ml പൂർണ്ണവിരാമം (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ko 마침표 (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · pl kropka (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ru то́чка (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · as । (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · ps نقطه (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · mi kopi (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩) · xal цег (The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩)

full stop en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of full-stop.
   alt of full-stop
   • Dealership INSISTS that the wheel is straight when I get the truck back, and once accused me of "full stopping" the wheel vigorously. 2000 August 22, Roger Ditmeier, “T100 Crooked Steering Wheel”, in alt.autos.toyota.trucks (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025:
   • The instructor didn't call the tower to let them know that a newbie was going out, so I told them myself that it was my first solo and to be REAL NICE TO ME. They were, and the controller congratulated me when I full stopped (the controller I got was the one I can always understand the best, which was good). 1996 May 3, Clive Pickles, “MY first solo this time”, in rec.aviation.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025:
   • "The night lives on" from W.Lord reports that Titanic engines weren't full stopped after collision as seen in the movie, but were first ran full astern (just slowing down when Titanic hit the berg, and NOT yet running full astern), then stopped, then after few minutes ran half ahead and then half astern for such few minutes. 1999 September 28, Zortek, “Titanic engines”, in alt.movies.titanic (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025:

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