Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences; examples include commas, hyphens, and stops (periods).

    Different languages have different rules for punctuation.

    Satzzeichen, Interpunktion, Zeichensetzung

    пунктуа́цияpunktuácija, зна́ки препина́нияznáki prepinánija, препина́ниеprepinánije

    пунктуа́ціяpunktuácija

    the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

  2. (countable, uncountable)Nikud.

  3. (countable, uncountable)An act of punctuating.

    Zeichensetzung

Examples

64 sentences
  1. You've used the wrong punctuation here.

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  2. Please change the punctuation.

    ruПожалуйста, измени пунктуацию.

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  3. A colon is a punctuation mark.

    ruДвоеточие - это знак препинания.

    deEin Doppelpunkt ist ein Interpunktionszeichen.

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  4. A comma is a punctuation mark.

    ruЗапятая - это знак препинания.

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  5. A semicolon is a punctuation mark.

    ruТочка с запятой - это знак препинания.

    deEin Semikolon ist ein Satzzeichen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuātiō (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), f

Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuātiō (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), from punctuō (“to mark with points, settle”). Morphologically, punctuate + -ion.

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