inverted comma

in·vert·ed comma

(ĭn-vûr′tĭd)n. Chiefly British A quotation mark.

inverted comma

n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) another term for quotation mark

quota′tion mark`

n. one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usu. shown as (“) at the beginning and (”) at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, as single marks of this kind, as “He said, 'I will go.'” [1880–85]

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Noun

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inverted comma - a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone elsequotation mark, quotepunctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrasessingle quote - a single quotation markdouble quotes - a pair of quotation marksscare quote - the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology

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