punctuate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuare (“to mark with points”), from Latin punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick, punch”); see point, and compare punch and punctate.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʌŋktjuːeɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): [ˈpʌŋkʃuːeɪt]
Verb
punctuate (third-person singular simple present punctuates, present participle punctuating, simple past and past participle punctuated)
- (transitive) To add punctuation to.
- That occurrence of "its" needs to be punctuated.
- (transitive) To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
- My father punctuated his tirade with thumps on the desk.
- (transitive) To emphasize; to stress.
Related terms
Translations
add punctuation to
add or interrupt at regular intervals
emphasize, stress — see emphasize
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Further reading
- punctuate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- punctuate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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