full-stop
full-stop is the alternative form of full stop.
Meaning of full stop
Noun
full stop (plural full stops)
- The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- the final period / the final full stop2002, Sarah Kane, 4.48 Psychosis, Methuen, →ISBN, page 41
- 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.”2022 October 22, Wendy Ide, quoting Steven Spielberg, “‘It’s a way to bring my mum and dad back’: Steven Spielberg on the new wave of cine-memoirs”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- hard stop
- A complete stop.
- The train moved slowly, very slowly, but at least it was moving, and the customers were grateful even for indecisive motion going their way. Just outside the Nassau border, in Queens, the train came to a full stop.1978 February 26, Richard F. Shepard, “ABOUT LONG ISLAND: 7 Hours to Manhasset, and So Forth”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
Adjective
full-stop (not comparable)
- Complete (intensifier).
- I'm also not sure that he's a full-stop lead guard, though. He might be more of a guard who needs to play next to a playing-making guard who can get his own shot, because that's something he'll struggle with early in his career.2020 March 19, Sam Vecenie, “Vecenie: 2020 NBA Mock Draft, Version 4.0: Frozen in time”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10...
- And Hochman won’t say whether he voted for Trump. Early, however, is a full-stop Trumpster. He’s an unabashed conservative whom the Bonta team would love to run against in November.2022 May 19, George Skelton, “California attorney general is one of few key races on the ballot. It’s worth our attention”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times...
Verb
full-stop (third-person singular simple present full-stops, present participle full-stopping, simple past and past participle full-stopped)
- To completely stop.
- Three touch and goes later, (and after a refresher on CTAF radio ops - announcing I'm on base when I'm really on downwind might confuse people), I full-stopped and taxied up to the little commuter terminal. CFI and the kids get out, and I'm on my own.1997 November 21, Don Corbitt, “Solo In Seattle”, in rec.aviation.student (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025
- I full-stopped on the seventh landing, and taxied back to the ramp - I have a 10:00 meeting, and I'm thinking too much about that.1998 February 6, Sean Franklin, “Lesson 11 (long)”, in rec.aviation.student (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025
Forms of full-stop
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | full-stops |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | full-stops |
| present participle | full-stopping |
| past participle | full-stopped |
| past | full-stopped |
Phrases with full-stop
Questions about full-stop
- What does full-stop mean?
- Full-stop means complete (intensifier).
- What is full-stop the alternative form of?
- Full-stop is the alternative form of full stop.
- What part of speech is full-stop?
- Full-stop can be an adjective or a verb.
Words near full-stop in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: full-stop (page history and authors); full stop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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