Ampersand is an English word with synonyms like punctuation. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ampersand meaning
The symbol "&".
Synonyms of Ampersand
Using Ampersand
- The main meaning on this page is: The symbol "&".
- Useful related words include: punctuation, punctuation mark.
- In the example corpus, ampersand often appears in combinations such as: the ampersand, ampersand is, ampersand the.
Context around Ampersand
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ampersand
- In this selection, "ampersand" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, double, real, italic, advocates, character and may stand out and add context to how "ampersand" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a double ampersand is needed and a real ampersand. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ampersand" sits close to words such as abad, abovementioned and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ampersand
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The decor at Ampersand by Kamatech. (6 words)
The company name was shown with the ampersand until 1955. (10 words)
A double ampersand is needed in order to display a real ampersand. (12 words)
However, Paul Reid, of Ampersand Advocates in Edinburgh, argues last week’s decision not to try the evidence at the Court of Session could be a good thing – for the clubs and for Scottish football. (35 words)
The ampersand can be used to indicate that the "and" in a listed item is a part of the item's name and not a separator (e.g. "Rock, pop, rhythm & blues, and hip hop"). (35 words)
The obvious use for this was to allow letter keys to type both upper and lower case, but normally the number keys were also duplexed, allowing access to special symbols such as percent (%) and ampersand (&). (35 words)
Example sentences (17)
A double ampersand is needed in order to display a real ampersand.
Ampersand, the TV advertising and sales company owned by Comcast, Cox and Charter, is putting its vast data network of 38 million households to work with a new external platform that lets partners.
However, Paul Reid, of Ampersand Advocates in Edinburgh, argues last week’s decision not to try the evidence at the Court of Session could be a good thing – for the clubs and for Scottish football.
Encore Capital Group has signed a lease and will move its headquarters to Ampersand, the former home of the San Diego Union-Tribune site, which has been renovated by the Casey Brown Co.
The decor at Ampersand by Kamatech.
In 2007 Wertico and Brian Peters released their CD, Ampersand, which Drummerszone.com called "Simply a musical masterpiece" and Classic Drummer described as "one of the most ambitious records ever released.
Since the ampersand's roots go back to Roman times, many languages that use a variation of the Latin alphabet make use of it.
The ampersand can be used to indicate that the "and" in a listed item is a part of the item's name and not a separator (e.g. "Rock, pop, rhythm & blues, and hip hop").
The ampersand character is used as a special character in at least some versions of the database software originally created in Denmark under the name Navision (the software has since been acquired by Microsoft ).
The ampersand is also often shown as a backwards 3 with a vertical line above and below it or a dot above and below it.
The ampersand may still be used as an abbreviation for "and" in informal writing regardless of how "and" is used.
The character '⁊' was used as the ampersand '&' in contemporary Anglo-Saxon writings.
The company name was shown with the ampersand until 1955.
The italic ampersand, to the right, is originally a later et-ligature.
The obvious use for this was to allow letter keys to type both upper and lower case, but normally the number keys were also duplexed, allowing access to special symbols such as percent (%) and ampersand (&).
This is accomplished by placing an ampersand at the end of the first line and at the beginning of the second line.
This last phrase was routinely slurred to "ampersand" and the term had entered common English usage by 1837.
Common combinations with ampersand
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ampersand 7×
- ampersand is 2×
- ampersand the 2×
- to ampersand 2×
- an ampersand 2×
- ampersand character 2×