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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌfʊl ˈstɒp/

名詞

full stop (plural full stops)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The punctuation mark ⟨.⟩ (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
2. (figurative) A decisive end to something.
   • 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:

     [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.”

3. A complete 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 original on 10 December 2025:

     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.

   • 2018 December 3, Chris Riotta, “How police stopped a speeding Tesla with a sleeping driver behind the wheel”, in The Independent‎, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 December 2018:

     What’s more, Mr Samek did not even wake up after the car had come to a full stop: officers were forced to wake hm up by knocking on the window, according to a police report that indicated the autopilot feature was likely on “considering the vehicle’s ability to slow to a stop when Samek was asleep.”

   • 2022 March 27, Laurie Clarke, “How self-driving cars got stuck in the slow lane”, in The Observer‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 March 2022:

     For example, the NHTSA forced Tesla to prevent the system from executing illegal “rolling stops” (moving slowly through a stop sign without ever coming to a full stop, while an “unexpected braking” problem is the subject of a current inquiry.

同意語

• (indicating end of sentence) See period
• (marking an abbreviation) dot, point, -x
• (decisive end) hard stop

派生語

• Chinese full stop
• full-stop landing
• full-stop (adjective and verb)
• full-stopped
• ideographic full stop
• Japanese full stop

参考

Punctuation

• full stop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

間投詞

full stop

1. (colloquial) Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate.

   We need more people to join IRC, full stop.

同意語

• (and nothing less): and that’s final, hard stop, that’s that, it’s as simple as that, period (North America), end of

参考

• dot dot dot
• question mark

動詞

full stop (third-person singular simple present full stops, present participle full stopping, simple past and past participle full stopped)

1. Alternative form of full-stop.
   • 1996 May 3, Clive Pickles, “MY first solo this time”, in rec.aviation.misc‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 December 2025:

     The instructor didn't call the tower to let them know that a newbie was going out, so I told them myself that it was my first solo and to be REAL NICE TO ME. They were, and the controller congratulated me when I full stopped (the controller I got was the one I can always understand the best, which was good).

   • 1999 September 28, Zortek, “Titanic engines”, in alt.movies.titanic‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 December 2025:

     "The night lives on" from W.Lord reports that Titanic engines weren't full stopped after collision as seen in the movie, but were first ran full astern (just slowing down when Titanic hit the berg, and NOT yet running full astern), then stopped, then after few minutes ran half ahead and then half astern for such few minutes.

   • 2000 August 22, Roger Ditmeier, “T100 Crooked Steering Wheel”, in alt.autos.toyota.trucks‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 December 2025:

     Dealership INSISTS that the wheel is straight when I get the truck back, and once accused me of "full stopping" the wheel vigorously.

形容詞

full-stop (not comparable)

1. Complete.
   • 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 December 2025:

     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.

   • 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 Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2022:

     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.

   • 2023 May 2, Elizabeth Nelson, “Opinion | The Ed Sheeran lawsuit is a threat to Western civilization. Really.”, in The Washington Post‎, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 May 2023:

     Gaye was a full-stop genius, Townsend a fine songwriter, and “Let’s Get It On” is an objectively great song.

動詞

full-stop (third-person singular simple present full-stops, present participle full-stopping, simple past and past participle full-stopped)

1. (ambitransitive, informal, rare) To completely stop.

   Alternative form: full stop

   • 1997 November 21, Don Corbitt, “Solo In Seattle”, in rec.aviation.student‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 December 2025:

     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.

   • 1998 February 6, Sean Franklin, “Lesson 11 (long)”, in rec.aviation.student‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 December 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.

   • 1999 August 26, Paul Chefurka, “Dumbest tickets ever: What's yours?”, in rec.autos.makers.honda‎ (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 December 2025:

     The cop made a rolling stop and went on through. She full-stopped, then drove up behind him, flashed her lights and tooted her horn.

   • 2008 August 10, Andy H., “NYTimes article”, in Walk Bike Washtenaw‎ (Google Groups), archived from the original on 10 December 2025:

     He'd come out and shout every week, and the group would continue to ignore him. Even when the letter to the sheriff, who wrote/called AAVC leadership, who lectured the group at the start of the ride, who then full-stopped the group there once, the next ride it was back to roll-through-as-usual, and the yelling.

   • 2017 October 17, Damien Carey, “Soooo, nobody told homeowners...reeeeeeeally? Nobody?”, in LHANC Buzz‎ (Google Groups), archived from the original on 10 December 2025:

     The developers told everybody the hippies' remonstrating was just environmental extremism and they didn't want you to have a home on this beautiful prairie. THE responsible party that did know where homes were going in harms way and should've full-stopped the development idiocy: US Army Corps of Engineers*.

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