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  Punctuation \Punc`tu*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ponctuation.] (Gram.)
     The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or
     discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition
     into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of
     points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Punctuation, as the term is usually understood, is
           chiefly performed with four points: the period [.], the
           colon [:], the semicolon [;], and the comma [,]. Other
           points used in writing and printing, partly rhetorical
           and partly grammatical, are the note of interrogation
           [?], the note of exclamation [!], the parentheses [()],
           the dash [--], and brackets []. It was not until the
           16th century that an approach was made to the present
           system of punctuation by the Manutii of Venice. With
           Caxton, oblique strokes took the place of commas and
           periods.
           [1913 Webster]

  Punctuation \Punc`tu*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ponctuation.] (Gram.)
     The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or
     discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition
     into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of
     points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning.
  
     Note: Punctuation, as the term is usually understood, is
           chiefly performed with four points: the period [.], the
           colon [:], the semicolon [;], and the comma [,]. Other
           points used in writing and printing, partly rhetorical
           and partly grammatical, are the note of interrogation
           [?], the note of exclamation [!], the parentheses [()],
           the dash [--], and brackets []. It was not until the
           16th century that an approach was made to the present
           system of punctuation by the Manutii of Venice. With
           Caxton, oblique strokes took the place of commas and
           periods.

  punctuation
       n 1: something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or
            divisions
       2: the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation
          of words into sentences and clauses and phrases [syn: punctuation
          mark]
       3: the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written
          material by grouping words grammatically into sentences
          and clauses and phrases

  punctuation
     Αγγλικά n.
     η στίξη

  punctuation
     n.
     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).<!--A full list
  is not for the definition but rather the Meronyms section; but give at
  least a small clue in the definition.-->
     2 An act of punctuate.

  punctuation
     n.
     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).<!--A full list
  is not for the definition but rather the Meronyms section; but give at
  least a small clue in the definition.-->
     2 An act of punctuate.

  punctuation
     n.
     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).<!--A full list
  is not for the definition but rather the Meronyms section; but give at
  least a small clue in the definition.-->
     2 An act of punctuate.

  punctuation
     n.
     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).<!--A full list
  is not for the definition but rather the Meronyms section; but give at
  least a small clue in the definition.-->
     2 An act of punctuate.

  punctuation
     Englanti n.
     1 pilkutus
     2 pilkutussäännöt
     3 välimerkit

  Punctuation /pˌʌŋktʃuːˈeɪʃən/
  الترقين

  punctuation //pʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən// 
  пунктуа́ция
  set of symbols

  punctuation /pˌʌŋktʃuːˈeɪʃən/ 
  interpunkce

  punctuation /pˌʌŋktʃuːˈeɪʃən/
  Zeichensetzung , Satzzeichensetzung , Interpunktion 

  punctuation /pˌʌŋktʃuːˈeɪʃən/
  
  στίξη

  punctuation //pʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən// 
  1. välimerkittäminen, välimerkitys
  act
  2. välimerkit
  set of symbols

  punctuation /pʌŋktʃueiʃən/
  ponctuation

  punctuation /pˌʌŋktʃuːˈeɪʃən/
  1. pontozás
  2. központozás

  punctuation //pʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən// 
  tanda baca
  set of symbols

  punctuation //pʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən// 
  約物, 句読点
  set of symbols

  punctuation /pʌŋktʃueiʃən/
  interpunctie, punctuatie

  punctuation /ˌpʌŋkʧʊˈeɪʃən/
  I.    interpunkcja
  II.  punctuation mark /ˌpʌŋkʧʊˈeɪʃən mɑ:k/   znak interpunkcyjny

  punctuation /pʌŋktʃueiʃən/
  pontuação

  punctuation //pʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən// 
  skiljetecken
  set of symbols

  punctuation /pˌʌŋktʃuːˈeɪʃən/
  1. (gram.) noktalama
  2. noktalama işareti
  3. cümleleri ayırma kuralı. punctuation marks noktalama işa- retleri.

  
/ˌpəŋktʃuˈeɪʃən/

  PUNCTUATION, construction. The act or method of placing points (q.v.) in a 
  written or printed instrument. 
       2. By the word point is here understood all the points in grammar, as 
  the comma, the semicolon, the colon, and the like. 
       3. All such instruments are to be construed without any regard to the 
  punctuation; and in a case of doubt, they ought to be construed in such a 
  manner that they may have some effect, rather than in one in which they 
  would be nugatory. Vide Toull. liv. 3, t. 2, c. 5, n. 430; 4 T. R. 65; 
  Barringt. on the Stat. 394, n. Vide article Points. 
  
  

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "punctuation":
     alphabet, ampersand, angle brackets, apostrophe, braces, colon,
     comma, dash, decimal point, diacritical mark, diagonal, dot,
     ellipsis, end stop, exclamation mark, full stop, hyphen, letter,
     parens, parentheses, period, point, punctuation marks,
     question mark, quotation marks, quotes, reference, reference mark,
     semicolon, single quotes, solidus, stop, tittle, virgule,
     writing system, written character
  
  

  n. 标点;

     n. 标点
     n. 标点符号