PUNCTUATE


Meaning of PUNCTUATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pʌŋktʃueɪt ]

( punctuates, punctuating, punctuated)

If an activity or situation is punctuated by particular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals. ( WRITTEN )

The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed by/with n

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