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Meaning of full stop | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˌfʊl ˈstɒp

Definitions

The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
A decisive end to something.
figuratively
A complete stop.

Equivalents

العربية عَلَامَة فَصْلِيَّة نقطة

Azərbaycanca nöqtə

Беларуская кропка

Български точка

বাংলা দাড়ি বিন্দু

Bosanski bašta nokat punkt

Català punt

Čeština punkt tečka

Cymraeg atalnod llawn diweddnod

Dansk punktum

Deutsch basta da ist nichts zu machen keine Widerrede Punkt Punkt. Aus. Ende Punktum Schluss, aus, Ende Schlusspunkt und damit basta

Ελληνικά στιγμή τελεία τελεία και παύλα

Esperanto punkto

Español parón punto punto final y punto

Eesti punkt

Suomi piste

Français point point final un point c’est tout

Gaeilge lánstad ponc

Gàidhlig stad-phuing

Galego punto

עברית נקדה נקודה

हिन्दी दंड पूर्णविराम बिंदु

Hrvatski bašta nokat punkt

Magyar pont

Հայերեն կետ վերջակետ

Bahasa Indonesia titik

Íslenska punktur

Italiano punto

日本語。ピリオド句点終止符

ქართული წერტილი

Қазақша нүкте

한국어 마침표 온점 종지부

Kurdî kopî piste titik

ລາວ ຈຸດ

Lietuvių taškas

Latviešu punkts

Te Reo Māori kōpī

Македонски точка

Монгол цэг

Bahasa Melayu noktah titik

Nederlands punt

Polski kropka

پښتو نقطه

Português ponto ponto final

Română punct

Русский и точка точка

Slovenčina bodka

Slovenščina Pika

Shqip pikë

Српски bašta nokat punkt

Svenska punkt punkt slut

தமிழ் முற்றுப்புள்ளி

తెలుగు చుక్క

Тоҷикӣ нуқта

ไทย จุด พินทุ มหัพภาค

Türkmençe nokat

Türkçe nokta

Українська крапка точка

اردو ختمہ نقطہ

Oʻzbekcha nuqta

Tiếng Việt chấm dấu chấm

Examples

“[S]pielberg was keen to stress that The Fabelmans is not a full stop: “It is not because I decided to retire, and this is my swan song, don’t believe that.””

“The train moved slowly, very slowly, but at least it was moving, and the customers were grateful even for indecisive motion going their way. Just outside the Nassau border, in Queens, the train came to a full stop.”

“What’s more, Mr Samek did not even wake up after the car had come to a full stop: officers were forced to wake hm up by knocking on the window, according to a police report that indicated the autopilot feature was likely on “considering the vehicle’s ability to slow to a stop when Samek was asleep.””

“For example, the NHTSA forced Tesla to prevent the system from executing illegal “rolling stops” (moving slowly through a stop sign without ever coming to a full stop, while an “unexpected braking” problem is the subject of a current inquiry.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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