punctuation, n.
(punctuations)
(punctuations)
the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases
<noun.act>
punctuation
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
punctuation punctuation mark
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
part holonym
hypernym
hyponym
ampersand
apostrophe
brace
bracket, square bracket
bracket, angle bracket
colon
comma
exclamation mark, exclamation point
hyphen, dash
parenthesis
period, point, full stop, stop, full point
question mark, interrogation point
quotation mark, quote, inverted comma
semicolon
solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
swung dash
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
<noun.event>
punctuation
semantic pointers
hypernym