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# exclamation

«exclamation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short, sudden word or phrase said loudly to show…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an exclamation, exclamations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An exclamation is a short, sudden word or phrase said loudly to show surprise, anger, pain, joy or another strong feeling, like «Wow!» or «Ouch!». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/#m1)

2) An exclamation mark (UK) or exclamation point (US) is the punctuation mark «!». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In English and grammar lessons pupils learn exclamation sentences, which start with «What» or «How» and end with «!», for example «What a big dog!». In stories exclamations show strong feelings. Phrases: exclamation mark, exclamation point, an exclamation of surprise.

### examples

- «Ouch!» is an exclamation of pain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/#x1)
- Put an exclamation mark at the end of «What a lovely day!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/#x2)
- She gave an exclamation of delight when she opened the present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/#x3)
- Don't use too many exclamation marks in your story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/#x4)
- «How tall you have grown!» is an exclamation sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/#x5)
- There were exclamations of surprise when the magician vanished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/#x6)
- In America it's called an exclamation point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/#x7)
- With an exclamation of sudden understanding the father smote his two hands together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/#x8)

### note

Countable: an exclamation («an» before the vowel sound). Verb: exclaim. Spelling: exclAmation (not «exclaimation»). In school grammar, an exclamation sentence often starts with «What» or «How» and has a verb.

### In the corpora

- [It starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/26-sentences-capital-letters-full-stops-and-the-four-types/1/)
- [The exclamation mark is a trap.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/26-sentences-capital-letters-full-stops-and-the-four-types/13/)
- [A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/26-sentences-capital-letters-full-stops-and-the-four-types/22/)
- [An exclamation mark alone does not make a sentence an exclamation: «Sit down!» is a command.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/26-sentences-capital-letters-full-stops-and-the-four-types/31/)
- [«How are you?» is a question, not an exclamation, because it asks something.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/26-sentences-capital-letters-full-stops-and-the-four-types/32/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «exclamation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclamation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.