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Meaning of "inverted comma" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INVERTED COMMA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INVERTED COMMA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inverted comma is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INVERTED COMMA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quotation mark

In English writing, quotation marks or inverted commas are punctuation marks surrounding a quotation, direct speech, or a literal title or name. Quotation marks can also be used to indicate a different meaning of a word or phrase other than the one typically associated with it and are often used to express irony. Quotation marks are sometimes used to provide emphasis, although this is usually considered incorrect. Quotation marks are written as a pair of opening and closing marks in either of two styles: single or double. Opening and closing quotation marks may be identical in form, or may be distinctly left-handed and right-handed; see quotation mark glyphs for details. Typographic quotation marks are usually used in manuscript and typeset text. Because typewriter and computer keyboards lack keys to directly enter typographic quotation marks, much typed writing has neutral quotation marks. The "smart quotes" feature in some computer software can convert neutral quotation marks to typographic ones, but sometimes imperfectly. The closing single quotation mark is identical or similar in form to the apostrophe and similar to the prime symbol.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INVERTED COMMA

inversely
inversion
inversive
invert
invert sugar
invertase
invertebral
invertebrate
inverted chord
inverted commas
inverted mordent
inverted nipples
inverted pleat
inverted snob
inverted snobbery
invertedly
inverter
invertibility
invertible
invertor

WORDS THAT END LIKE INVERTED COMMA

comma
dhamma
digamma
dilemma
emma
gamma
gemma
Glomma
gramma
gumma
lemma
limma
mamma
maremma
momma
on the horns of a dilemma
Oxford comma
sarcolemma
stemma
summa

Synonyms and antonyms of inverted comma in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «inverted comma» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INVERTED COMMA

Find out the translation of inverted comma to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inverted comma from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inverted comma» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

倒逗号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coma invertida
570 millions of speakers

English

inverted comma
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

औंधा अल्पविराम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فاصلة مقلوبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перевернутый запятая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vírgula invertida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিপরীত কমা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

virgule inversée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Koma terbalik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anführungszeichen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反転カンマ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거꾸로 쉼표
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inverted comma
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dấu phẩy ngược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைகீழ் கமா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अवतरण स्वल्पविराम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ters virgül
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

virgola invertita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odwrócony przecinkami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перевернутий кома
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

virgulă inversat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεστραμμένη κόμμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

omgekeerde komma
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inverterad kommatecken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

invertert komma
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inverted comma

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INVERTED COMMA»

The term «inverted comma» is used very little and occupies the 163.243 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INVERTED COMMA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «inverted comma» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «inverted comma» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inverted comma

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INVERTED COMMA»

Discover the use of inverted comma in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inverted comma and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Poems
96 1. 8-28 for the read will. p. 98 1. 910 no inverted commas. ib. 1. 911 for follow read follow'd. p. 118 11. 84 — 7 no single inverted comma before and after fair fragile thing ; before wilt thou expand ; before or wilt ; before and after for will it not; ...
2
Poems
556 — 8 three inverted commas, instead of four, prefixed to each line, and no single inverted comma at the end of 1. 558. p. 413 1. 716 for parent's read parents'. p. 415 I. 807 for peasanfs read peasants'. p. 423 1. 1 16 for Has read Had. p.
George Crabbe, Sir Adolphus William Ward, 1906
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A Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Printing: ...
265' 2 beforamatter which is only an Extract, or the Subsiance of a passage, drawn out to corroborate anAuthor's Argument; in which case such extracted matter would be best known by having single inverted Comma's before it ; as a verbal ...
Philip Luckombe, 1770
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The History and Art of Printing: In Two Parts ...
26; before matter which is only an Extractg or the Substance of a ' passage, drawn out to corroborate an Author's Argument; in which case such extracted matter would be best known by having single inverted Comma's before it ; as a verbal ...
Philip Luckombe, 1771
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A Reference Grammar of Modern Hebrew
The reason for inserting the double inverted comma into the spelling of the names of letters is to avoid confusion with actual words. In the following table neither an apostrophe nor a double-inverted comma are inserted, since there is no ...
Edna Amir Coffin, Shmuel Bolozky, 2005
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A History of Mathematical Notations
The extension of the usefulness of the comma or point by assigning it different vertical positions was made in the arithmetic of Sir Jonas Moore3 who used an elevated and inverted comma, 116'64. ' This notation never became popular, yet has ...
Florian Cajori, 2013
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The Printer's Grammar
The common Space which is put between inverted Comma's and the Matter, is an n-quadrat, tho' a thick Space is sufficient, especially in Letter of a larger size than Longprimer: but in this a Compositor chuses which of the two he observes to ...
John Smith, 2014
8
Human Rights in Global Perspective: Anthropological Studies ...
The inverted comma frames references to 'the state' and its derivatives, giving the anthropologist a lot of clues as to what is considered to constitute or represent ' statecraft' according to international law. Study the following excerpt from another  ...
Richard Wilson, Jon P. Mitchell, 2003
9
The American Journal of Roentgenology
THE inverted comma is a sign found in roentgenograms of the chest. It is located along the right margin of the main bronchus with the head at about the level of the bronchial bifurcation and the tail tapering upward along the bronchial border.
‎1918
10
Report on the Police of the Lower Provinces of the Bengal ...
16, put an inverted comma after the word " realized." „ 57, put comma after " Bokra." „ 20, omit comma, and put colon after the word " only. " „ 27, put semicolon after the word " trial." for " 71 cases" against 24-Pergunnahs read " 11." line 7, put ...
‎1874

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INVERTED COMMA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inverted comma is used in the context of the following news items.
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Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Who says grammar isn't important? One little inverted comma is the difference between an innocent story of coming of age in a song by local ... «Straight.com, Apr 15»
2
Islamic State: Muslim Women's Association sceptical of Julie …
... have never accessed any of that funding because we do not want to be associated with the terminology, inverted comma, 'de-radicalisation'.". «ABC Online, Feb 15»
3
All new Sikh regiment on the cards for Britain
Inverted Comma • 5238 19762 more points needed to reach next level. ... Inverted Comma has earned the Influencer Level 4 badge as 1000 ... «Times of India, Feb 15»
4
The Long and Fascinating History of Quotation Marks
Perhaps skeptical of the average reader's critical faculties, and unable to use the inverted comma in its diple-esque role of inviting especial ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 15»
5
Exclusive: New Hyundai Verna Launch Slated for 17th February
The redesigned two slated grille is wider while the inverted comma like fog lamps are integrated with LED daytime-running lights. From front ... «CarDekho, Jan 15»
6
Will China be the next forex peg to break?
Why the inverted comma's? Well when you buy something for well over the price, you agree to renovate it but you allow the control to remain ... «Forex Factory, Jan 15»
7
UAW Local 2865: Why no BDS for the Iranian regime?
You trivialize Palestinian oppression as inverted comma oppression only and ... against Palestinians again as inverted comma only apartheid. «The Times of Israel, Jan 15»
8
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider discover two new …
The first is pronounced ZAI-bee-minus, the second is ZAI-bee-star-minus. I'm actually not sure how you pronounce the inverted comma in the ... «ExtremeTech, Nov 14»
9
Review: Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic, Metro Radio Arena, until …
This week there has been an explosion of inverted comma-laden headlines relating to the possibilty that the nasty Ebola virus “could become ... «The Journal, Oct 14»
10
Brave young cadet saves Lassie from certain death at American …
... was napping on the sidelines when SMU wide receiver Der'rick Thompson (no, that inverted comma is not a typo) came hurtling towards him. «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Sep 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Inverted comma [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/inverted-comma>. Apr 2024 ».
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