exclamation
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Synonyms: explanation, acclamation, reclamation, declamation, excavation, exclamations, exclamative, inclamation, clamation, excalation
Antonyms: explanation, acclamation, reclamation, declamation, excavation, exclamations, exclamative, inclamation, clamation, excalation
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Noun
- {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[act#Noun|act]] of [[loudly]] [[call#Verb|calling]] or [[cry out|crying out]], for example, as in [[anger#Noun|anger]], [[grief#Noun|grief]] or [[pain#Noun|pain]], [[joy#Noun|joy]], [[surprise#Noun|surprise]], etc.; {{lb|en|countable}} an [[instance#Noun|instance]] of this.
- {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of loudly [[complain]]ing or [[protest#Verb|protesting]]; {{lb|en|countable}} an instance of this; a [[complaint]], an [[outcry#Noun|outcry]], a [[protest#Noun|protest]].
- {{lb|en|grammar|countable}} {{synonym of|en|interjection|t=a [[phrase#Noun|phrase]] or [[word#Noun|word]] with no [[particular#Adjective|particular]] [[grammatical]] [[relation]] to a [[sentence#Noun|sentence]] but which [[serve#Verb|serves]] to [[express#Verb|express]] [[emotion]] or as a [[filled pause]]}}.
- {{senseid|en|punctuation mark}}{{lb|en|orthography|countable|archaic}} {{synonym of|en|exclamation mark|t=the [[punctuation mark]] "{{l|mul|!}}", generally [[use#Verb|used]] to [[denote]] [[excitement]], [[shock#Noun|shock]], or surprise}}.
- {{lb|en|rhetoric}} {{synonym of|en|ecphonesis}} (”{{lb|en|uncountable}} the [[make#Verb|making]] of an [[emotional#Adjective|emotional]] [[utterance]]; {{lb|en|countable}} an instance of this; an [[exclamatory]] phrase”); also, {{synonym of|en|epiphonema|nocap=1}} (“{{lb|en|countable}} an exclamatory phrase or [[reflection]] used to [[round off]] or [[summarize]] an [[argument#Noun|argument]] or [[discourse#Noun|discourse]]”).
- {{lb|en|obsolete|uncountable}} ''Followed by'' '''[[of#Preposition|of]]''': the act of [[formally]] [[declare|declaring]]; {{lb|en|countable}} an instance of this; a [[declaration]], a [[proclamation]], a [[pronouncement]].
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