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punctuation
Punctuation refers to the specific markings, signs and symbols that are used in and around sentences to give them structure and to allow for correct understanding and comprehension.
punc·tu·a·tion
(pŭngk′cho͞o-ā′shən)n.
1.
a. The use of standard marks and signs in writing and printing to separate words into sentences, clauses, and phrases in order to clarify meaning.
b. The marks so used.
2. The act or an instance of punctuating.
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punctuation
(ˌpʌŋktjʊˈeɪʃən)n
1. (Linguistics) the use of symbols not belonging to the alphabet of a writing system to indicate aspects of the intonation and meaning not otherwise conveyed in the written language
2. (Linguistics) the symbols used for this purpose
3. (Linguistics) the act or an instance of punctuating
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punc•tu•a•tion
(ˌpʌŋk tʃuˈeɪ ʃən)n.
1. the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
2. punctuation marks.
3. the act of punctuating.
[1530–40; < Medieval Latin pūnctuātiō marking, pointing]
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punctuation
- em dash, en dash - The em dash is the long dash used in punctuation whose length is based on the width of the letter M; the en dash is shorter (the width of an N) and the hyphen is even shorter.
- punctual - From Latin punctum, "point," it can mean "pertaining to punctuation," or "of or relating to a point in space."
- square brackets, parentheses, braces - Square brackets were formerly called crotchets, round brackets are commonly called parentheses, and curly brackets are called braces; the punctuation called brackets derives from the bookshelf type, implying that, in writing, these marks "lift up" a section of a sentence.
- stigmeology - The art of punctuation.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() break, interruption - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" |
2. | ![]() orthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark" ampersand - a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and) apostrophe - the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word brace - either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material square bracket, bracket - either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material angle bracket, bracket - either of two punctuation marks (`<' or="" `="">') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material'> comma - a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence exclamation mark, exclamation point - a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation hyphen, dash - a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text parenthesis - either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material full point, full stop, period, stop, point - a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop" interrogation point, question mark - a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question inverted comma, quotation mark, quote - a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else semicolon - a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period separatrix, virgule, solidus, slash, diagonal, stroke - a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information swung dash - a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word | |
3. | punctuation - the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases hyphenation - connecting syllables and words by hyphens grouping - the activity of putting things together in groups orthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols |
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Translations
إسْتِعمال علامات الوَقْف والفَواصِلوَضْعُ عَلامَاتُ التَّرْقِيم
interpunkcerozčlenění na části
tegnsætning
välimerkkivälimerkkien käyttö
interpunkcijapunktuacijarazgodak
írásjelek kitevéseközpontozás
greinarmerkjasetning
句読
구두법
interpunkcia
postavljanje ločil
interpunktion
เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน
noktalamanoktalama işaretlerini koymanoktalama işaretlerinin kullanımı
dấu chấm phẩy
punctuation
[ˌpʌŋktjʊˈeɪʃən]A. N (Ling) → puntuación f
B. CPD punctuation mark N → signo m de puntuación
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punctuation
n → Zeichensetzung f, → Interpunktion f; punctuation mark → Satzzeichen nt, → Interpunktionszeichen nt
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punctuate
(ˈpaŋktʃueit) verb to divide up sentences etc by commas, full stops, colons etc.
punctuation noun1. the act of punctuating.
2. the use of punctuation marks.
punctuation mark any of the symbols used for punctuating, eg comma, full stop, question mark etc.
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punctuation
→ وَضْعُ عَلامَاتُ التَّرْقِيم interpunkce tegnsætning Zeichensetzung στίξη puntuación välimerkkien käyttö ponctuation interpunkcija punteggiatura 句読 구두법 interpunctie tegnsetting interpunkcja pontuação пунктуация interpunktion เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน noktalama dấu chấm phẩy 标点符号Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009