punctuation mark

punctuation mark

n. One of a set of marks or signs, such as the comma (,) or the period (.), used to punctuate texts.

punctuation mark

n (Linguistics) any of the signs used in punctuation, such as a comma or question mark

punctua′tion mark`

n. any of a group of marks or characters used in punctuation, as the period, comma, or question mark. [1855–60]

Thesaurus

Noun

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punctuation mark - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrasespunctuationorthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbolsmark - 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 wordbrace - either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual materialsquare bracket, bracket - either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual materialangle bracket, bracket - either of two punctuation marks (`') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material'>colon - a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)comma - a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentenceexclamation mark, exclamation point - a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamationhyphen, 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 textparenthesis - either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual materialfull 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 questioninverted comma, quotation mark, quote - a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone elsesemicolon - a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a periodseparatrix, virgule, solidus, slash, diagonal, stroke - a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of informationswung dash - a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word

Translations

标点符号

punctuate

(ˈpaŋktʃueit) verb to divide up sentences etc by commas, full stops, colons etc. 以標點分開，加標點於 以标点分开，加标点于 punctuation noun1. the act of punctuating. 標點 标点2. the use of punctuation marks. 標點法 标点法punctuation mark any of the symbols used for punctuating, eg comma, full stop, question mark etc. 標點符號 标点符号