punctuate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpʌŋktjuːeɪt/
Audio (RP) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): [ˈpʌŋkʃuːeɪt]
Verb[edit]
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 as "it's".
- (transitive) To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
- My father punctuated his tirade with thumps on the desk.
- 2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Most soldiers would testify that the everyday experience of war is long stretches of boredom punctuated by sudden, terrifying spells of disorder.
- (transitive) To emphasize; to stress.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
add punctuation to
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add or interrupt at regular intervals
emphasize, stress — see emphasize
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Further reading[edit]
- punctuate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- punctuate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
pūnctuāte
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