EXCLAMATION
\ɛksklɐmˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɛksklɐmˈeɪʃən], \ɛ_k_s_k_l_ɐ_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EXCLAMATION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
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A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
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A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; - called also exclamation point.
By Oddity Software
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A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
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A word expressing outcry; an interjection; a word expressing passion, as wonder, fear, or grief.
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A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; - called also exclamation point.
By Noah Webster.
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An abrupt or sudden outcry; an expression of surprise, pain, etc.; a mark in writing or printing to denote emotion, surprise, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Vehement utterance: outcry: an uttered expression of surprise, and the like: the mark expressing this (!): an interjection.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Outcry; clamour; vehement or emphatic utterance; a note by which emphatical utterance is marked, thus; an interjection expressing some passion, as wonder.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Outery; a loud noise in words; vehement utterance; the point or mark (!) put after the words expressing emphatic speech.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of exclaiming or making an outcry;—an uttered expression of surprise, joy, and the like;—a word expressing outcry; an interjection;—a mark or sign by which emphatical utterance or outcry is marked, thus!
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Vehement outcry, clamour, outrageous vociferation; an emphatical utterance; a note by which a pathetical sentence is marked thus.
By Thomas Sheridan
