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punctuation mark

punctuation mark noun: any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc., and to aid the reader in understanding what is written.

Noun

punctuation mark (plural punctuation marks)

  1. Any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc., and to aid the reader in understanding what is written.

punctuation mark meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Tagalog

punctuation mark in Tamil

symbol used in writing
நிறுத்தற்குறி niṟuttaṟkuṟi

punctuation mark in Urdu

punctuation mark
وقف vaqf

punctuation mark in Kannada

ಬರಹದ ಗುರುತು, ಬರಿಗೆ ಗುರುತು, ಬರವಣಿಗೆ ಗುರುತು

punctuation mark in Tagalog

symbol used in writing
bantas
More languagesFewer languages
punctuation mark in Arabic
عَلَامَة تَرْقِيم ʕalāmat tarqīm
punctuation mark in Persian
نشانهٔ سجاوندی nešâne-ye sajâvandi
punctuation mark in Thai
เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai-wák-dtɔɔn
punctuation mark in Vietnamese
dấu chấm câu, dấu chấm

Forms of punctuation mark

pluralpunctuation marks

Questions about punctuation mark

What does punctuation mark mean?
Punctuation mark means any of various symbols used in writing and printing to indicate pauses, divisions, etc., and to aid the reader in understanding what is written.
What is punctuation mark in Tamil?
Punctuation mark in Tamil is நிறுத்தற்குறி (niṟuttaṟkuṟi). See Punctuation mark meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is punctuation mark?
Punctuation mark is a noun.
What is the plural of punctuation mark?
The plural of punctuation mark is punctuation marks.

Words near punctuation mark in the dictionary

  1. punctuated equilibrium
  2. punctuates
  3. punctuatim
  4. punctuating
  5. punctuation
  6. punctuation mark
  7. punctuation marks
  8. punctuation space
  9. punctuation spaces
  10. punctuational
  11. punctuationism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: punctuation mark (page history and authors); وقف (Urdu) (page history and authors); punctuation mark (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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