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exclamations

noun

Meaning

  1. A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
  2. A word expressing outcry; an interjection
  3. A clause type used to make an exclamatory statement: What a mess they made!; How stupid I was!
  4. The sign "!" by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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