Meaning of punctuation | Babel Free

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1. 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)
2. 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).
   countable, uncountable
3. to divide up sentences etc by commas, full stops, colons etc. leestekens aanbring يُشَكِّل الجُمْلَه، يضَع علامات الوقْف والفَواصِل في الجُمْلَه слагам препинателни знаци pontuar vyznačit interpunkci interpunktieren sætte tegn χωρίζω προτάσεις με σημεία στίξης puntuar kirjavahemärgistama نقطه گذاری کردن jakaa lauseita välimerkeillä ponctuer לִפסוֹק बीच में रोकना írásjelekkel ellát memberi tanda baca nota greinarmerki punteggiare 句読点をつける (문장 등을) 구두점으로 끊다 dėti skyrybos ženklus likt pieturzīmes ...
   etc
4. An act of punctuating
5. An act of punctuating.
   countable, uncountable
6. any of the symbols used for punctuating, eg comma, full stop, question mark etc. leesteken عَلامَة التَّرْقيم препинателен знак sinal de pontuação interpunkční znaménko das Satzzeichen tegnsætning σημείο στίξης signo de puntuación kirjavahemärk نشانه های نقطه گذاری välimerkki signe de ponctuationניקוד विराम-चिह्न írásjel tanda baca greinarmerki segno d'interpunzione 句読点 구두점 skyrybos ženklas pieturzīme tanda baca leestekenskilletegn znak przestankowy دټكى ايښودلو نښانى sinal de pontuação semn ...
   eg
7. The use of standard marks and signs in writing and printing to separate words into sentences, clauses, and phrases in order to clarify meaning.
8. The act or an instance of punctuating.
9. (Linguistics) the use of symbols not belonging to the alphabet of a writing system to indicate aspects of the intonation and meaning not otherwise conveyed in the written language
10. (Linguistics) the symbols used for this purpose
11. (Linguistics) the act or an instance of punctuating
12. the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
13. punctuation marks.
14. the act of punctuating.

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“Different languages have different rules for punctuation.”

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