EGAVE

punctuate

About 0.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To add punctuation to. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    That occurrence of "its" needs to be punctuated as "it's".
  2. verb To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
    My father punctuated his tirade with thumps on the desk.
  3. verb To emphasize; to stress.
  4. adjective Point-like; consisting of or marked with one or more points.

Similar words

accentuate accent emphasize mark stress interpunctuate point interpoint punctulate hyphen

Often followed by

the his a and it their correctly this her

Word family

punctuated punctuates punctuating punctuator punctuators

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