English > punctuation mark: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | The marks used to clarify meaning / meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. |
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| Synonym | punctuation |
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| Part of | orthography, writing system | A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols |
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| Narrower | ampersand | A punctuation mark (& |
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| apostrophe | The mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word |
| brace | Either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material |
| bracket, square bracket | Either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material |
| bracket, angle bracket | Either of two punctuation marks ('< |
| colon | A punctuation mark ( |
| comma | A punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence |
| exclamation mark, exclamation point | A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation |
| hyphen, dash | A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text |
| parenthesis | Either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material |
| period, point, full stop, stop, full point | A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations |
| question mark, interrogation point | A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question |
| quotation mark, quote, inverted comma | A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else |
| semicolon | A punctuation mark (' |
| solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix | A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information |
| swung dash | A punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word |
| Broader | mark | A written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) |
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| Spanish | signo de puntuación |
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| Catalan | signe de puntuació |
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