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inverted comma

DEFINITIONS OF: inverted comma

1

n a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

Synonyms:
quotation mark, quote
Types:
single quote
a single quotation mark
double quotes
a pair of quotation marks
scare quote
the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology
Type of:
punctuation, punctuation mark
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
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