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punctuation mark
n.
One of a set of marks or signs, such as the comma (,) or the period (.), used to punctuate texts.
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punctuation mark
n
(Linguistics) any of the signs used in punctuation, such as a comma or question mark
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punctua′tion mark`
n.
any of a group of marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, or question mark.
[1855–60]
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| Noun | 1. |  punctuation mark - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrasesorthography, 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 |
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Translations
عَلامَة التَّرْقيم
interpunkční znaménko
tegnsætning
írásjel
greinarmerki
interpunkčné znamienko
ločilo
noktalama işareti
punctuation mark
n → segno d'interpunzioneCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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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