punctuation
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1. the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | grouping, |
| definition | : | the activity of putting things together in groups (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hyphenation, |
| definition | : | connecting syllables and words by hyphens (noun.act) |
| member meronym | : | orthography, writing system, |
| definition | : | a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols (noun.communication) |
2. the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | mark, |
| definition | : | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ampersand, |
| definition | : | a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | apostrophe, |
| definition | : | the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | brace, |
| definition | : | either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | bracket, square bracket, |
| definition | : | either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | angle bracket, bracket, |
| definition | : | either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | colon, |
| definition | : | a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | comma, |
| definition | : | a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | dash, hyphen, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | parenthesis, |
| definition | : | either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | full point, full stop, period, point, stop, |
| definition | : | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | semicolon, |
| definition | : | a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | swung dash, |
| definition | : | a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | orthography, writing system, |
| definition | : | a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols (noun.communication) |
3. something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | break, interruption, |
| definition | : | some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity (noun.event) |
4. the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases (noun.act)
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