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Meaning of "pound sign" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POUND SIGN

pound sign  [paʊnd saɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POUND SIGN

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pound sign 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 POUND SIGN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pound sign

The pound sign is the symbol for the pound sterling—the currency of the United Kingdom. The same symbol is used for similarly named currencies in some other countries and territories, such as the Irish pound, Gibraltar pound, Australian pound, and Italian lira. The symbol derives from a capital "L", representing libra, the basic unit of weight in the Roman Empire, which in turn is derived from the Latin name of the same spelling for scales or a balance. The pound became an English unit of weight and was so named because it originally had the value of one tower pound of fine silver. The pound sign is placed before the number, and separated from the following digits by no space or only a thin space. The symbol ‹₤› was called the lira sign in Italy, before the adoption of the euro. It was used as an alternative to the more usual L to show prices in lire. In American and Canadian English, the term "pound sign" usually refers to the symbol #, and the corresponding telephone key is called the "pound key". In the original old Caslon metal fonts, the pound sign was identical to the italic capital "J" rotated 180 degrees.

Definition of pound sign in the English dictionary

The definition of pound sign in the dictionary is the symbol that represents a pound in British money.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POUND SIGN


arcsin
ˈɑːkˌsaɪn
assign
əˈsaɪn
consign
kənˈsaɪn
cosign
kəʊˈsaɪn
cosine
ˈkəʊˌsaɪn
countersign
ˈkaʊntəˌsaɪn
ensign
ˈɛnsaɪn
inosine
ˈɪnəˌsaɪn
internecine
ˌɪntəˈniːsaɪn
piscine
ˈpɪsaɪn
porcine
ˈpɔːsaɪn
re-sign
riːˈsaɪn
rusine
ˈruːsaɪn
sign
saɪn
sine
saɪn
syn
saɪn
thylacine
ˈθaɪləˌsaɪn
ursine
ˈɜːsaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POUND SIGN

pounce
pouncer
pouncet box
pound
pound cake
pound coin
pound cost averaging
pound net
pound note
pound of flesh
pound Scots
pound sterling
poundage
poundal
pounding
pour
pour cold water on
pour encourager les autres
pour oil on troubled waters
pour point

WORDS THAT END LIKE POUND SIGN

air sign
birth sign
call sign
design
dollar sign
earth sign
equal sign
equals sign
Indian sign
inn sign
minus sign
negative sign
neon sign
peace sign
plus sign
road sign
star sign
stop sign
sun sign
traffic sign
warning sign

Synonyms and antonyms of pound sign in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pound sign» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POUND SIGN

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

Translator English - Chinese

英镑符号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

signo de libra
570 millions of speakers

English

pound sign
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पाउंड साइन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجنيه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

знак фунта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

signo de libra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আধা কেজি সাইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

signe dièse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanda pon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pfund-Zeichen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポンド記号
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파운드 기호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pound sign
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dấu thăng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பவுண்டு அடையாளம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाउंड साइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diyez işareti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cancelletto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

znak funta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

знак фунта
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semn de lire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δίεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pond teken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tecken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

firkanttegn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pound sign

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POUND SIGN»

The term «pound sign» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.039 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POUND SIGN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pound sign» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pound sign» 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 pound sign

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POUND SIGN»

Discover the use of pound sign in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pound sign and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Beginner's Guide To Mathematica
This is an important tool and you will benefit from being able to use it. We will write a simple function and watch its action on the lists x and y. When you look at the function, you'll see a pound sign #, an ampersand &, and the symbols ...
David McMahon, Daniel M. Topa, 2006
2
Practical UNIX
In the UNIX shell, any word that begins with a pound sign (#) is regarded as the beginning of a comment. The comment continues to the end of the line: Filenames That Start with the Pound Sign (#) Some system files start with a pound sign so ...
‎2000
3
The Art of Assembly Language
If you wish to create an apostrophe literal constant, place four apostrophes in a row (i.e., double up the apostrophe inside the surrounding apostrophes): '''' The pound sign operator (“#”) must precede a legal HLA numeric constant (either ...
Randall Hyde, 2003
4
Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies
Within the proofreading realm, the pound sign (#) is used to indicate that a space must be added to the text. To add a space, draw a vertical line between the letters to be spaced. Then in the margin, draw the pound sign, which looks like a ...
Suzanne Gilad, 2011
5
Ruby on Rails For Dummies
For details, see the section about running a Ruby program in Chapter 4. The Ruby interpreter ignores everything on a line that comes after a pound sign ( unless the pound sign occurs inside a string of characters). So the first line in Listing 5-1 ...
Burd, 2011
6
Macromedia Coldfusion MX Web Application Construction Kit
... as this is not a variable reference at all). The solution is to escape the pound sign (flag it as being a real pound sign), as follows: <CFOUTPUT> ##1: # FirstName# </CFOUTOUT> Figure 8.10 Pound signs in text must be escaped; otherwise ...
Ben Forta, Nate Weiss, 2003
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ColdFusion MX: From Static to Dynamic in 10 Steps
It reads the pound sign in front of the color value and expects to find another matching one but does not. To use a single pound sign, you must do what is referred to as escaping the pound sign. You escape the pound sign by putting another ...
Barry Moore, 2002
8
The Ruby Way
Inside a string, the pound sign (#) is used to signal expressions to be evaluated. That means that in some circumstances, when a pound sign occurs in a string, it has to be escaped with a backslash, but this is only when the next character is a ...
Hal Fulton, 2001
9
Adobe InDesign CS5 Illustrated
Notice the pound sign (#) that follows “President.” This pound sign is a hidden character that represents the end of a story. The term “story” refers to all of the text in one text box or all of the text in linked text boxes. Click the Type tool on the ...
Ann Fisher, 2010
10
Linux Clearly Explained
In the following, you see the dollar sign (ordinary user) prompt instead of the pound sign (root user) prompt; don't use rm if you see the pound sign! To remove a file called file-1, you would type the following: $rm -i file-1 You can name more  ...
Bryan Pfaffenberger, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POUND SIGN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pound sign is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Twitter Dictionary: Common Terms Explained
The pound sign—on Twitter, we call it a hashtag—is used to transform a word or a term into a topic, lending greater searchability. For instance ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
2
Chamberlain Wi-Fi Garage Door Opener HD950WF
... plastic cover that flips up to reveal 13 rubberized buttons (numbers 0 through 9, an asterisk button, a pound sign button, and an Enter button). «PC Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Tips for living: 5 tips from 'Sharing the Gospel through Social Media …
The power of hashtags: The pound sign “#” is now more widely known as a “hashtag,” thanks to social media sites such as Twitter and ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
4
Hashtags: How to use those good old "pound signs"
And why is a pound sign all of a sudden being given a new name? Let's start with a little history on the hashtags. The very first hashtags were ... «KHQ Right Now, Jul 15»
5
'Crazy Girls' statue to go on display at Planet Hollywood on Monday
The 1,700-pound statue and 300-pound sign must be moved through the casino before guests awaken. Longtime “Crazy Girls” Executive ... «Las Vegas Sun, Jul 15»
6
LG G4 Has a Hidden Service Menu and This is How You Access It
Once you tap on the second pound sign, you should be instantly taken to the LG G4's hidden menu. However, this code has only been verified ... «AndroidOrigin, Jul 15»
7
How to access the hidden service menu on the LG G4
As soon as you tap on the second pound sign, a very Gingerbread-esque menu should appear. We should point out that the code was tested ... «Phone Arena, Jul 15»
8
Jodie Perry: Why Richland County rocks
In case you are not up on the lingo, a hashtag is simply the use of the pound sign followed by a word or series of words with no spaces. It allows ... «Mansfield News Journal, Jul 15»
9
Words worth
From “No tita, it's a hashtag, not a pound sign!” to “No, hija, that's a hashtag! It's how we used to find tweets and add subtext back in the day.”. «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
10
Coronado Scribes Poetry and Prose Weekly Feature: Title "word …
Pound sign #” demolished “hashtag” with a shot behind his ear. “Grip” eliminated “traction.” “Trending” was hit directly in the head by “popular. «eCoronado.com, Jul 15»

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