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The typical symbols on a keyboard

Word List with 25 words
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ampersand

a character or symbol (&) for "and"

apostrophe

the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, to indicate the possessive case, or to indicate plurals of abbreviations.

asterisk

a small starlike symbol (*), used in writing and printing as a reference mark or to indicate omission, doubtful matter, etc.

bracket

one of two marks, [ or ], used in writing or printing to enclose parenthetical matter, interpolations, etc.

caret

a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.

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colon

the sign (:) used to mark a major division in a sentence, to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, implication, etc., of what precedes.

comma

the sign (,), a mark of punctuation used for indicating a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word or phrase.

dash

the mark or sign (—) used to note an abrupt break or pause in a sentence or hesitation in an utterance.

ditto mark

two small marks (″) indicating the repetition of something, usually placed beneath the thing repeated.

dollar sign

the symbol ($) before a number indicating that the number represents dollars.

equals sign

the symbol (=), used in a mathematical expression to indicate that the terms it separates are equal.

exclamation mark

the sign (!) used in writing after an exclamation.

guillemet

one of two marks, « or », used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.

hyphen

a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.

minus sign

the symbol (-) denoting subtraction or a negative quantity.

parenthesis

either or both of a pair of signs ( ) used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark.

percent sign

a symbol (%) for "percent."

period

the point or character (.) used to mark the end of a declarative sentence, indicate an abbreviation, etc.; full stop.

plus sign

the symbol (+) indicating summation or a positive quality.

question mark

a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.

quotation mark

one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as " at the beginning and " at the end.

semi-colon

the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma.

solidus

a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur.

tilde

a symbol (~) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values.

underscore

a line drawn beneath something written or printed.