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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

sign, signal, signaling go
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

symbol go
an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

written symbol, printed symbol go
a written or printed symbol

mark go
a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)

diacritical mark, diacritic
a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation

noun.communication

8 Subcategories

accent, accent mark go
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
breve go
a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
cedilla go
a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
circumflex go
a diacritical mark (^) placed above a vowel in some languages to indicate a special phonetic quality
wedge, hacek go
a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
macron go
a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
tilde go
a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
umlaut, dieresis, diaeresis go
a diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound