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Meanings of
punctuate
in English
Portuguese
enfatizar
Catalan
accentuar
Spanish
acentuar
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To stress, single out as important.
stress
accent
emphasize
emphasise
accentuate
Portuguese
enfatizar
Portuguese
marcar ponto
Catalan
puntuar
Spanish
puntuar
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Insert punctuation marks into.
mark
Portuguese
marcar ponto
Usage of
punctuate
in English
1
Within the lines
punctuate
just as you would in the inside address.
2
Please
punctuate
them properly, and express the idea I intend to convey.
3
It was fascinating, watching the third cracks
punctuate
her thoughts that way.
4
And as if to
punctuate
the statement, the roar of cannons echoed.
5
I shall
punctuate
,
to make things clearer, but not change the spelling.
6
She raised her finger in the air to
punctuate
her brilliant idea.
7
With a dismissive hand gesture to
punctuate
her point, she said it again.
8
It will spell and
punctuate
correctly according to the sense of the sentence.
9
There we
punctuate
the full stop to our inquiries; we have the secret.
10
I applaud them. Cousins clapped loudly a half-dozen times to
punctuate
his point.
11
We should
punctuate
thus, following the order of the words in the Folio,-
12
They crown the hills and
punctuate
the windings of the valleys.
13
And that's not all: The way you
punctuate
is markedly irregular.
14
Seymour said that theme of cross partisanship, would come to
punctuate
Moore's career.
15
He pounded the wall to
punctuate
each word, twice for the exclamation point.
16
As if to
punctuate
his words, there was a scream of raucous laughter.
Other examples for "punctuate"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
punctuate
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
punctuate the run
punctuate every word
punctuate properly
punctuate a conversation
punctuate correctly
More collocations
Translations for
punctuate
Portuguese
enfatizar
marcar ponto
pontuar
Catalan
accentuar
emfatitzar
puntuar
Spanish
acentuar
remarcar
puntuar
Punctuate
through the time
Punctuate
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common