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punctuations

punctuations is the plural of punctuation.

Meaning of punctuation

Noun

punctuation (countable and uncountable, plural punctuations)

  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).
    • Different languages have different rules for punctuation.
  2. Nikud.
    • Jeremiah ii. 34, where the meaningless אֵלֶּה ("these") of the Massoretic text should be corrected into אַלָּה or לַהאֱ ("oak" or "terebinth") […] The change is merely one of punctuation; the original Hebrew text remains unaffected.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 3, page 53
  3. An act of punctuating.

Questions about punctuations

What is punctuations the plural of?
Punctuations is the plural of punctuation.

Words near punctuations in the dictionary

  1. punctuational
  2. punctuationism
  3. punctuationist
  4. punctuationists
  5. punctuationless
  6. punctuations
  7. punctuative
  8. punctuator
  9. punctuators
  10. punctuist
  11. punctuists

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