Exclamation
/ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃn̩/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc. countable, uncountable
""And now, my dearest Lucy, collect yourself, for all depends upon our own resources." Such were the whispered exclamations with which Francesca cheered her trembling companion, whose courage was not heightened by the darkness and stillness around them as they proceeded on their hazardous enterprise."
- 2 an exclamatory rhetorical device wordnet
- 3 A word expressing outcry; an interjection. countable, uncountable
- 4 an abrupt excited utterance wordnet
- 5 An exclamation mark. countable, uncountable
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- 6 a loud complaint or protest or reproach wordnet
Example
More examples"When writing a sentence, generally you start with a capital letter and finish with a period (.), an exclamation mark (!), or a question mark (?)."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French exclamation, from Latin exclamatio, from ex (“out”) + clamare (“I cry out”).