inverted comma

American  

noun

British.

1. quotation mark.

---

inverted comma British  

noun

1. another term for quotation mark

---

Etymology

Origin of inverted comma

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

The review refers to the "so-called 'rules-based international order'", putting the latter phrase in inverted commas: a kind of delegitimisation by punctuation mark.

From BBC

Alongside one picture of Lord Mandelson with two women, whose faces are obscured, he writes about meeting Epstein's interesting – in inverted commas – friends.

From BBC

She even used inverted commas to address him as president.

From Seattle Times

"We have, in inverted commas, 'a bad attitude', but that attitude has allowed us to carve out a niche for ourselves."

From BBC

She frowns at me, and when I tell her that no-one in the world of online dating uses inverted commas correctly, she takes me to a bar.

From BBC