Advanced Vocabulary - Miscellaneous Written Symbols

Miscellaneous Written Symbols

arrow noun

a sign that looks like an arrow ➡, used for showing people which direction to go in, or where to look for something.

asterisk noun

the symbol *. In a piece of writing, an asterisk is used after a word or phrase to show that more information is given in a footnote . 

©

a symbol meaning ‘copyright’.

check noun

American a tick for showing that something is correct.

checkmark noun

American the symbol that you write next to an answer to show that it is correct, or next to something on a list to show that it has been done.

cross noun

British the symbol X.

cross noun

used for showing your choice on a written list of choices.

cross noun

used for showing that an answer is wrong.

dollar sign noun

the symbol $, used to show that an amount is in dollars.

hieroglyphics noun

written words or symbols that are difficult to read or understand.

ideogram noun

a written sign or symbol, such as those used in Chinese and Japanese writing, that represents an idea or a thing.

ideogram noun

a written symbol that represents a word, for example % represents ‘per cent’.

mark noun

the symbol X that someone who does not know how to write puts instead of their name on a document.

mark noun

a printed or written symbol that is not a letter or a number.

pound sign noun

the symbol £.

pound sign noun

American a hash (#).

tick noun

British the symbol ✓ that you write next to an answer to show that it is correct, or next to something on a list to show that it has been done.

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