ampersand

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Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Usage 2.2 Synonyms 2.3 Related words and phrases 2.4 See also

[change] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæmpə(r)sænd/
• SAMPA: /'{mp@(r)s{nd/
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[change] Noun

Singular ampersand

Plural ampersands

1. An ampersand is a symbol (&) that usually means "and".

   Billy & Bobby went fishing near the pond. They caught tuna & bass.

[change] Usage

• Ampersand is not for formal papers. Instead, you should use and.

[change] Synonyms

• and sign

[change] Related words and phrases

• also

[change] See also

• &
• conjunction
• punctuation

Punctuation marks (edit)

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) • brackets ( [] ) ( {} ) • colon ( : ) • comma ( , ) • dashes ( – ) ( — ) • ellipsis ( ... ) • exclamation mark ( ! ) • hyphen ( ‐ ) ( - ) • parentheses ( () ) • period / full stop ( . ) • question mark ( ? ) • quotation marks ( ' ' ) ( " " ) • semicolon ( ; ) • slash ( / ) Other: ampersand ( & ) • asterisk ( * ) • at ( @ ) • backslash ( \ ) • bullet ( • ) ( · ) • degree ( ° ) • number sign / pound sign ( # ) • tilde ( ~ ) • underscore ( _ ) • vertical bar / pipe ( | ) •