Punctuate

Quick meaning: Punctuate is a verb meaning (transitive) To add punctuation to.

Meaning

(transitive) To add punctuation to.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
2. (transitive) To emphasize; to stress.
3. Point-like; consisting of or marked with one or more points.

Example Sentences

My father punctuated his tirade with thumps on the desk.

That occurrence of "its" needs to be punctuated as "it's".

[…] with a punctuate wall calcification (arrow) along the right postcentral sulcus.

Positive HPV 16 hybridization signal in two cervical carcinomas. A punctuate signal (a) and a punctuate and diffuse signal (b).

Word Forms

• punctuates
• punctuating
• punctuated

Synonyms for punctuate

Depending on context, synonyms include emphasize, mark, accentuate, stress, accent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include accentuate, accent, emphasize, mark, stress, interpunctuate.

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