exclamation mark

British  

noun

1. the punctuation mark ! used after exclamations and vehement commands

2. this mark used for any other purpose, as to draw attention to an obvious mistake, in road warning signs, (in chess commentaries) beside the notation of a move considered a good one, (in mathematics) as a symbol of the factorial function, or (in logic) occurring with an existential quantifier

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Example Sentences

People use exclamation marks to show "positivity and enthusiasm," says Hannah.

From BBC

"There was a magic and majesty to it," he says, calling it an "absolute exclamation mark of who we are in this part of the world".

From BBC

Leon punctuated his order with, by my count, 27 exclamation marks, signifying his intense impatience with the quality of the government’s arguments in his courtroom.

From Los Angeles Times

"You’ve got to have a password and it’s got to be 12 letters and it’s got to have an exclamation mark," complains the 70-year-old.

From BBC

His deadline day signing was not so much a statement from Birmingham but an exclamation mark.

From BBC