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AMPERSAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ampersand mean?
• AMPERSAND (noun)
The noun AMPERSAND has 1 sense:
1. a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
Familiarity information: AMPERSAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ampersand" is a kind of...):
punctuation; punctuation mark (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)
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