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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)

punctuation, punctuation mark
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

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16 Subcategories

ampersand go
a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
apostrophe go
the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
brace go
either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
bracket, square bracket go
either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material
angle bracket, bracket go
either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
colon go
a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
comma go
a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
exclamation mark, exclamation point go
a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation
dash, hyphen go
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
parenthesis go
either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material
stop, point, period, full stop, full point go
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
question mark, interrogation point go
a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question
quote, quotation mark, inverted comma go
a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
semicolon go
a punctuation mark (`
stroke, slash, solidus, virgule, diagonal, separatrix go
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
swung dash go
a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word