Asterisk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A star-shaped figure (*) used chiefly to indicate an omission, a reference to a footnote, or an unattested word, sound, or affix.
  • v. To mark with an asterisk.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Symbol (*).
  • n. A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.
  • n. Alternate of Asteriscus.
  • v. To mark with an asterisk symbol (*)
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The figure of a star, thus, �, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The figure of a star (*), used in printing and writing— as a reference to a passage or note in the margin; to distinguish words or phrases as conjectural, theoretical, unverified, obscure, or as having some other specified character; to mark the omission of words or letters; and arbitrarily, as a mark of classification.
  • n. Something in the shape of or resembling an asterisk.
  • n. In the Gr. Ch., a frame consisting of two arches of metal, crossing each other at right angles, placed on the paten and over the prepared bread of the eucharist to prevent contact with the covering veil.
  • To insert an asterisk (in a text) as the reference to a foot-note or for any other reason for which an asterisk is used. See asterisk, 1.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. mark with an asterisk
  • n. a star-shaped character * used in printing
    • Verb Form
    asterisked    asterisking    asterisks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mark    grapheme    graphic symbol    character   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    semicolon    comma    apostrophe    numeral    sano   
     
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