Definitions of punctuate [ˈpʌŋk tʃuˌeɪt]

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Definition of 'punctuate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) punctuate
to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.

2. punctuate
to interrupt at intervals:
Cheers punctuated the mayor's speech.

3. punctuate
to give emphasis or force to.

4. (v.i.) punctuate
to insert or use marks of punctuation.

Etymology: (1625–35; < ML pūnctuātus, ptp. of pūnctuāre to point, der. of L pūnctus a pricking; see punctual)

Definition of 'punctuate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) punctuate, mark
insert punctuation marks into

2. (verb) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
to stress, single out as important
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

3. (verb) punctuate
interrupt periodically
"Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"

Definition of 'punctuate'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) punctuate
to put grammatical marks, such as periods, commas, etc. in your writing
Make sure you punctuate the sentence correctly.

2. punctuate
to add emphasis to
The latest bad economic news was punctuated by a drop in the markets.

Definition of 'punctuate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) punctuate
to mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning

Translation of 'punctuate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to divide up sentences etc by commas, full stops, colons etc.
Afrikaans: leestekens aanbring	Arabic: يُشَكِّل الجُمْلَه، يضَع	Bulgarian: слагам препинателни знаци
Brazilian: pontuar	Czech: vyznačit interpunkci	German: interpunktieren
Danish: sætte tegn	Greek: χωρίζω προτάσεις με σημεί	Spanish: puntuar
Estonian: kirjavahemärgistama	Farsi: نقطه گذاری کردن	Finnish: jakaa lauseita välimerkei
French: ponctuer	Hebrew: לִפסוֹק	Hindi: बीच में रोकना
Hungarian: írásjelekkel ellát	Indonesian: memberi tanda baca	Icelandic: nota greinarmerki
Italian: punteggiare	Japanese: 句読点をつける	Korean: (문장 등을) 구두점으로 끊다
Lithuanian: dėti skyrybos ženklus	Latvian: likt pieturzīmes	Malay: membubuh tanda baca
Dutch: leestekens aanbrengen	Norwegian: sette skilletegn	Polish: stawiać znaki przestankow
Persian: نقطه گذاری کردن	Pashto: علامه ايښودل	Portuguese: pontuar
Romanian: a pune semne de punctuaţi	Russian: ставить знаки препинания	Slovak: vyznačiť interpunkciu
Slovenian: postavljati ločila	Serbian: staviti znake interpunkci	Swedish: interpunktera
Thai: คั่นด้วยเครื่องหมายวรรคตอ	Turkish: noktalama işaretleri koym	Taiwanese: 以標點分開，加標點於
Ukrainian: ставити розділові знаки	Urdu: رموز اوقاف لگانا	Vietnamese: chấm câu
Chinese: 以标点分开，加标点于
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