punctuality

B2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌpʌŋkt͡ʃuˈæləti/ UK /pʌŋktjʊˈæləti/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
The habit of arriving or doing things at exactly the right time.

Her punctuality impressed her new manager.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the habit of arriving or... promptness timeliness

Opposites

earliness lateness untimeliness

Word family

Forms unpunctuality

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Proverbs (2)

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Etymology

From punctual + -ity.

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Abstract Ideas

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