A full stop is the punctuation mark . which you use at the end of a sentence when it is not aquestion or exclamation.
[British]regional note: in AM, use period
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full stop in British English
or full point
noun
the punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence that is not a question or exclamation, after abbreviations, etc
Also called (esp US and Canadian): period
full stop in American English
a period (punctuation mark)
Examples of 'full stop' in a sentence
full stop
The absence of a full stop at the end of the first verse carries that dying over two verses to the end.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
By 1981 the cycle of growth had come to a full stop.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
Because they've come to a full stop.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The illness has forced you to come to a full stop, and fighting what is happening is the worst thing you can do.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)
I could end with a full stop, and many people in recent days have called on me to do so.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
These silky treats - truly the colour of the season - are the full stop at the end of summer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
full stop
British English: full stop /fʊl stɒp/ NOUN
A full stop is the punctuation mark (.) which you use at the end of a sentence when it is not a question or exclamation.
American English: period punctuation
Arabic: نُقْطَة
Brazilian Portuguese: ponto final
Chinese: 句点
Croatian: točka
Czech: tečka interpunkce
Danish: punktum
Dutch: punt leesteken
European Spanish: punto gramatical
Finnish: piste
French: point typographie
German: Punkt Satzzeichen
Greek: τελεία
Italian: punto
Japanese: 終止符
Korean: 마침표
Norwegian: punktum
Polish: kropka
European Portuguese: ponto final
Romanian: punctsemn de punctuație
Russian: точка
Latin American Spanish: punto signo de puntuación
Swedish: punkt
Thai: มหัพภาค จุด
Turkish: nokta gramer
Ukrainian: крапка
Vietnamese: dấu chấm câu
Chinese translation of 'full stop'
full stop
(Brit)
n(c)
句号(號) (jùhào) (个(個), gè)
美 = period
to come to a full stop (fig) 完全停止 (wánquān tíngzhǐ)