inverted comma

in·vert·ed comma

(ĭn-vûr′tĭd)

n. Chiefly British

A quotation mark.

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inverted comma

n

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

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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

1.

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

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