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Exclamation mark

The exclamation mark, !, (also known as the exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection, an exclamation, or a noise to indicate strong feelings (e.g. surprise, humour, anger), a loud sound (e.g. Bang!), or to show emphasis. The exclamation mark often marks the end of a sentence.

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Exclamation point

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Exclamation mark

Nodes230
Edges229
Triples276
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008696
Components1

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Exclamation mark

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related to Proper names · 27
Exclamation mark → Airplane, Although, Brands, Calcutta, In, It, Jeb, Jeb Bush, Jeopardy, Joomla, Kahoot, KFC, Mamma Mia, Moulin Rouge, Oh, Oklahoma, Oliver, Republican, Reuters, Shindig
related to Internet culture · 25
Exclamation mark → Al, Armor, Breakdancer, Draco, Examples, Football Player, Fullmetal Alchemist, Harry, Harry Potter, Human, In, In Internet, It, Leonardo, Lolspeak, Michelangelo, Raphael, Rockstar, Romantic, Shift1
related to Computing · 17
Exclamation mark → Ameans, ASCII, Bang, Bmeans, C-style, Due, In, It, Many, MIT, Oxford English Dictionary, Stanford, The, This, UK, United States, US
related to Place names · 16
Exclamation mark → Charles Kingsley, Czech Republic, Geographic Names, Ha, Hamilton, Ohio, Ostrava, Quebec, Rand McNally, Saint-Louis-du-Ha, The, The English, There, United Kingdom, United States Board, Westward Ho
related to German · 12
Exclamation mark → Austrian German, Betreten, Call, Dear Hans, English, German, However, It, Lieber Hans, No, Ruf, The
related to history · 12
Exclamation mark → Florence Hazrat, His, Iacopo Alpoleio, In, It, Latin, Linguists, Over, The, This, Urbisaglia, Writers
related to Hungarian · 12
Exclamation mark → Bárcsak, De, Dear Peter, Good, Greetings, How, If, In Hungarian, Jó, Kedves Péter, Keep, The
related to Limbu · 12
Exclamation mark → Armies, For, Ghōwapha, In Limbu, It, Limbu, Mediterranean, Not, Paṡu, Rōkhatha, You, Your
related to Turkish · 11
Exclamation mark → Akdenizdir, Armies, Atatürk, For, In Turkish, It, Mediterranean, Not, Ordular, You've, Your
related to Comics · 10
Exclamation mark → Comic, Elliot, For, Maggin, Marvel Comics, Scott Shaw, Similarly, Some, Stan Lee, This

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exclamation mark used use marks also english name common indicate example means character languages point surprise sentence symbol punctuation usage

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Exclamation markOther namesExclamation point1.00infobox
admirationinstance ofIt was used to show emotions0.80text
surpriseinstance ofIt was used to show emotions0.80text
bashinstance ofAn exclamation mark starts history expansions in many Unix shells0.80text
tcsh whereinstance ofAn exclamation mark starts history expansions in many Unix shells0.80text
World of Warcraftinstance ofan exclamation mark appears over enemies' heads when they notice the player.In massively multiplayer online games0.80text
an exclamation mark hovering over a character's head is often used to indicate that they are offering a quest for the player to complete.In Dota 2instance ofan exclamation mark appears over enemies' heads when they notice the player.In massively multiplayer online games0.80text
an exclamation mark is shown above the head of a unit if it is killed by means not granting enemies experience or goldinstance ofan exclamation mark appears over enemies' heads when they notice the player.In massively multiplayer online games0.80text
Lolspeakinstance ofis now an accepted form of exclamation in leet and derivative dialects0.80text
Exclamation markrelated to CantoneseCantonese0.60section
Exclamation markrelated to CantoneseUsage0.60section
Exclamation markrelated to CantoneseMandarin0.60section

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