ellipsis

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Pronunciation

Noun

Singular
ellipsis

Plural
ellipses

  1. An ellipsis is the punctuation mark written using three dots, sometimes with spaces between them (". . ."). This -> … is an ellipsis. Ellipses are often used when quoting, by replacing unneeded words or phrases.


Punctuation marks (edit)

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ) brackets ( [] ) braces ( {} ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) dashes ( ) ( ) ellipsis ( ... ) exclamation mark ( ! ) hyphen ( ) ( - ) parentheses ( () ) period / full stop ( . ) question mark ( ? ) quotation marks ( ' ' ) ( " " ) semicolon ( ; ) slash ( / )


Other: ampersand ( & ) asterisk ( * ) at ( @ ) backslash ( \ ) bullet ( ) ( · ) degree ( ° ) number sign / pound sign ( # ) tilde ( ~ ) underscore ( _ ) vertical bar / pipe ( | )

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