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Definition of Punctuation
1. Noun. Something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions.
2. Noun. The marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases.
Exact synonyms: Punctuation Mark
Group relationships: Orthography, Writing System
Generic synonyms: Mark
Specialized synonyms: Ampersand, Apostrophe, Brace, Bracket, Square Bracket, Angle Bracket, Bracket, Colon, Comma, Exclamation Mark, Exclamation Point, Dash, Hyphen, Parenthesis, Full Point, Full Stop, Period, Point, Stop, Interrogation Point, Question Mark, Inverted Comma, Quotation Mark, Quote, Semicolon, Diagonal, Separatrix, Slash, Solidus, Stroke, Virgule, Swung Dash
Derivative terms: Punctuate
Group relationships: Orthography, Writing System
Generic synonyms: Mark
Specialized synonyms: Ampersand, Apostrophe, Brace, Bracket, Square Bracket, Angle Bracket, Bracket, Colon, Comma, Exclamation Mark, Exclamation Point, Dash, Hyphen, Parenthesis, Full Point, Full Stop, Period, Point, Stop, Interrogation Point, Question Mark, Inverted Comma, Quotation Mark, Quote, Semicolon, Diagonal, Separatrix, Slash, Solidus, Stroke, Virgule, Swung Dash
Derivative terms: Punctuate
3. Noun. The use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases.
Specialized synonyms: Hyphenation
Generic synonyms: Grouping
Group relationships: Orthography, Writing System
Derivative terms: Punctuate
Generic synonyms: Grouping
Group relationships: Orthography, Writing System
Derivative terms: Punctuate
Definition of Punctuation
1. n. The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning.
Definition of Punctuation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Punctuation
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