asterisk

Speech parts

1. asterisk - Noun

2. asterisk - Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

star ditto Christmastime arrow carat caret reference ability starred bullet backward comma punctuation apostrophe hyphen
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Hypernyms

mark character graph grapheme graphic symbol

Phrases with the word

marked with an asterisk

Examples

We'll put an asterisk next to Barry Bonds' name, sure, as soon as we put one next to Babe Ruth's name. Getting to break records before black people were allowed to play? Excuse me, where is that asterisk? Daniel Tosh

And now, my classmates; ye remaining few That number not the half of those we knew, Ye, against whose familiar names not yet The fatal asterisk of death is set, Ye I salute! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment. Stephen Covey

Linguists star unacceptable sentences Source: Internet

A 2001 TV movie about Maris' record-breaking season was called 61* (pronounced sixty-one asterisk) in reference to the controversy. Source: Internet

A comment may appear anywhere in a program where a space is permitted and is preceded by the characters forward slash, asterisk and is terminated by the characters asterisk, forward slash (i.e. /* This is a comment. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

asteriotoxin asterisc asteriscus asterisked asteriskless asterism