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Verb
/ˈpəNGkCHo͞oˌāt/,
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punctuates, 3rd person singular present; punctuating, present participle; punctuated, past tense; punctuated, past participle;
  1. Occur at intervals throughout (a continuing event or a place)
    • - the country's history has been punctuated by coups
  2. Interrupt or intersperse (an activity) with
    • - she punctuates her conversation with snatches of song
  3. Insert punctuation marks in (text)

  4. Accentuate; emphasize
    • - the end of the Cold War was punctuated by an extraordinary assertion of American power
  1. insert punctuation marks into
  2. stress: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
  3. interrupt periodically; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"
  4. (punctuation) something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
  5. (punctuation) the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
  6. Punctuation marks are symbols that indicate the structure and organization of written language, as well as intonation and pauses to be observed when reading aloud.
  7. (Punctuation (chess)) When annotating chess games, commentators frequently use question marks and exclamation points to denote a move as bad or good. The symbols normally used are "??", "?", "?!", "!?", "!", and "!!". ...
  8. Add punctuation to; vary; interrupt; give structure
  9. (Punctuation) The earliest manuscripts have little punctuation and it only occurs sporadically before the eighth century.
  10. (Punctuation) Use an apostrophe and an “s” to form proper noun possessives even when they end in “s” (Smith’s, Jones’s).  Use a comma to separate items in a series of three or more words.  Place a comma or a period inside quotations marks.  Place a semicolon or colon outside quotation marks. ...
  11. (Punctuation) Use of (semi-)colons, commas, brackets, quotation marks etc. What is the effect?
  12. (Punctuation) a system of marks used to introduce pauses and interruption into writing
  13. (Punctuation) many commas and semicolons create pauses that instill a reflection in the reader. In each pause the reader is given space to contemplate and engage with the message.
  14. (Punctuation) of titles of written works falls into two categories. Short works, such as short stories, and most poems have quotation marks placed on either side of the title. Long works such as novels and plays are italicized. ...
  15. (Punctuation) the rules of usage symbols like comma, full stops, colons, etc. in the text.
  16. (punctuation) A collection of symbols used to break, group, divide or clarify a sentence. For example, full stops or commas.
  17. (punctuation) In postmodern therapies, to punctuate is to treat a certain element in a causal sequence as the originating cause even though it may have, itself, have been caused by something else.
  18. (punctuation) Symbols such as commas and semicolons, which a compiler uses to understand the structure of a program.
  19. (punctuation) The markings that let you know when a sentence ends ... or starts.
  20. (punctuation) The use of special marks that are added to writing to separate phrases and sentences, to indicate that something is an exclamation, a question, etc. E.g.: "Who do you think I am?" he asked. (" ? .)
  21. (punctuation) a set of grammatical symbols used in written language to indicate the ends of clauses or sentences
  22. (punctuation) marks used within or after sentences and phrases (e.g. periods, commas)
  23. (punctuation) standardized marks that clarify meaning by separating structural units of writing
  24. All punctuation should be in the same font as is the text that precedes it. For example, if a comma follows the title of a work, the comma should also be italic.