full stop

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/

Noun

Australia Britain India Ireland New-Zealand South-Africa figuratively

(Australia, Britain, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation). / (figuratively) A decisive end to something.

Japanese Meaning

句点（文章の終わり、または略語で使用される句読点「.」） / 決定的な終結、または終止

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As an editor, she insisted on using a full stop after every abbreviation to avoid confusion.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

編集者として、彼女は混乱を避けるために略語の後に必ずピリオドを付けるよう主張しました。

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Sense（1）

Sense（2）

(figuratively) A decisive end to something.

[S]pielberg was keen to stress that The Fabelmans is not a full stop: “It is not because I decided to retire, and this is my swan song, don’t believe that.”

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full stops

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