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

quote, quotation mark, inverted comma
a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

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3 Subcategories

single quote go
a single quotation mark
double quotes go
a pair of quotation marks
scare quote go
the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology