punctuate
punc
ˈpʌnk
pank
tuate
ˌʧueÉĒt
chooeit
/ˈpĘŒÅ‹ktʃʊˌeÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "punctuate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϝāϤāĻŋāϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to use punctuation marks in a text in order to make it more understandable
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher reminded the students to punctuate their dialogue with quotation marks to indicate when a character is speaking.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āϧ⧃āϤāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽāϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
02

to interrupt or break up an activity, event, or sequence at intervals

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The speech was punctuated by frequent applause.
03

to emphasize or mark something as important

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He punctuated his argument with a striking example.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

punctuation
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