inverted commasnoun [ plural ]
uk/ɪnˌvɜː.tɪd ˈkɒm.əz/us/ɪnˌvɝː.t̬ɪd ˈkɑː.məz/UKB2 the symbols “ ” or ‘ ’ that are put around a word or phrase to show that someone else has written or said it
Examples
- He put the entire phrase in inverted commas to show that it wasn't his.
- Sick prisoners in the camp were 'cared for', in inverted commas, by guards, not nurses.
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Punctuation
- ampersand
- apostrophe
- asterisk
- caron
- cedilla
- dash
- ditto
- ellipsis
- guillemet
- hyphen
- hyphenate
- lower case
- parentheses
- period
- punctuation
- punctuation mark
- question mark
- quotation marks
- tilde
- upper case
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Idiom(s)
in inverted commas