punctuation

A2 Topic:Communication

US /ˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #38716

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noun
The marks used in writing, such as commas, full stops, and question marks, that make the meaning clear.

Different languages have different rules for punctuation.

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1 noun · the marks used in writing,... punctuation mark

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Derived forms interpunctuationmispunctuationnonpunctuationoverpunctuationpunctuationalpunctuationismpunctuationistpunctuationlessrepunctuationunder-punctuationunderpunctuation

Related forms apostrophe brace bracket colon comma dash ellipsis guillemet hyphen interpunctinterrobangperiod

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuātiō (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), from punctuō (“to mark with points, settle”). Morphologically, punctuate + -ion.

punctuātiō la-med

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# punctuation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 38716

## Meanings
1. The marks used in writing, such as commas, full stops, and question marks, that make the meaning clear.

## Examples
- Different languages have different rules for punctuation.

## Derived Forms
- interpunctuation
- mispunctuation
- nonpunctuation
- overpunctuation
- punctuational
- punctuationism
- punctuationist
- punctuationless
- repunctuation
- under-punctuation
- underpunctuation

## Related Forms
- apostrophe
- brace
- bracket
- colon
- comma
- dash
- ellipsis
- guillemet
- hyphen
- interpunct
- interrobang
- period

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: punctuātiō

## Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuātiō (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), from punctuō (“to mark with points, settle”). Morphologically, punctuate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Punctuation was borrowed from Medieval Latin punctuātiō (“a marking with points, a writing, agreement”), from punctuō (“to mark with points, settle”). Morphologically, punctuate + -ion. The historical chain includes punctuātiō (la-med). In present-day English it covers the marks used in writing, such as commas, full stops, and question marks, that make the meaning clear. The wider family includes derived forms such as interpunctuation, mispunctuation, nonpunctuation, overpunctuation, punctuational and related forms such as apostrophe, brace, bracket, colon.

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