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What is the name of this writing mark (~)?
brackets
colon
tilde
asterisk
The tilde is a grapheme with several uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish and from Portuguese, which in turn came from the Latin titulus, meaning "title" or "superscription". In lexicography, the swung dash (⁓) are used in dictionaries to indicate the omission of the entry word.
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Correct this question
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Very interesting!
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