punctuateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpʌŋk.tʃuː.eɪt/us/ˈpʌŋk.tuː.eɪt/punctuate verb [ T ] (ADD PUNCTUATION)
to add punctuation marks (= symbols) to writing so that people can see when a sentence starts and finishes, see that something is a question, etc.
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Punctuation
- ampersand
- apostrophe
- asterisk
- caron
- cedilla
- dash
- ditto
- ellipsis
- guillemet
- hyphen
- hyphenate
- lower case
- parentheses
- period
- punctuation
- punctuation mark
- question mark
- quotation marks
- tilde
- upper case
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punctuate verb [ T ] (REPEAT)
formal to happen or cause something to happen repeatedly while something else is happening; to interrupt something repeatedly:
The president spoke at length in a speech punctuated by applause.
He chatted freely, punctuating his remarks as often as possible with the interviewer's first name.
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Interrupting & preventing from speaking
- barge
- butt in
- buttonhole
- chime
- chip in
- cut the crap! idiom
- heckle
- horn in
- interject
- interpose
- interrupt
- interruption
- mike check
- put a sock in it! idiom
- shut
- slap sb down
- sock
- speak
- speak when you're spoken to! idiom
- strike
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Repeating an action