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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERPUNCTION

interpunction  [ˌɪntəˈpʌŋkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERPUNCTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Interpunction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTERPUNCTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Punctuation

Punctuation is "the use of spacing, conventional signs, and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading, both silently and aloud, of handwritten and printed texts." Another description is: "The practice, action, or system of inserting points or other small marks into texts, in order to aid interpretation; division of text into sentences, clauses, etc., by means of such marks." In written English, punctuation is vital to disambiguate the meaning of sentences. For example: "woman, without her man, is nothing", and "woman: without her, man is nothing" have very different meanings; as do "eats shoots and leaves" and "eats, shoots and leaves". The sharp differences in meaning are produced by the simple differences in punctuation within the example pairs, especially the latter. The rules of punctuation vary with language, location, register and time and are constantly evolving. Certain aspects of punctuation are stylistic and are thus the author's choice. Tachygraphic language forms, such as those used in online chat and text messages, may have wildly different rules. For English usage, see the articles on specific punctuation marks.

Definition of interpunction in the English dictionary

The definition of interpunction in the dictionary is the insertion of punctuation marks into a piece of writing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTERPUNCTION


adjunction
əˈdʒʌŋkʃən
cofunction
ˌkəʊˈfʌŋkʃən
compunction
kəmˈpʌŋkʃən
conjunction
kənˈdʒʌŋkʃən
defunction
dɪˈfʌŋkʃən
disfunction
dɪsˈfʌŋkʃən
disjunction
dɪsˈdʒʌŋkʃən
dysfunction
dɪsˈfʌŋkʃən
eigenfunction
ˈaɪɡənˌfʌŋkʃən
expunction
ɪkˈspʌŋkʃən
function
ˈfʌŋkʃən
hyperfunction
ˌhaɪpəˈfʌŋkʃən
injunction
ɪnˈdʒʌŋkʃən
inunction
ɪnˈʌŋkʃən
junction
ˈdʒʌŋkʃən
malfunction
mælˈfʌŋkʃən
multifunction
ˈmʌltɪˌfʌŋkʃən
subjunction
sʌbˈdʒʌŋkʃən
thermojunction
ˌθɜːməʊˈdʒʌŋkʃən
unction
ˈʌŋkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERPUNCTION

interposition
interpret
interpretability
interpretable
interpretate
interpretation
interpretational
interpretative
interpretatively
interpreter
interpretess
interpretive
interpretive centre
interpretive semantics
interpretively
interprovincial
interproximal
interpsychic
interpunctuate
interpupillary

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERPUNCTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
fiction
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of interpunction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «interpunction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERPUNCTION

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Translator English - Chinese

标点符号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

interpunction
570 millions of speakers

English

interpunction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

interpunction
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

interpunction
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

interpunction
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

interpunction
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

interpunction
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

interpunction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Interpada
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Interpunktion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

句読点
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

interpunction
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Interpolasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

interpunction
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

interpunction
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परस्परसंबंध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

interpunction
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nell´interpunzione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

interpunction
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

interpunction
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

interpunction
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

interpunction
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

punctuatie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

interpunction
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

interpunction
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of interpunction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERPUNCTION»

The term «interpunction» is used very little and occupies the 183.213 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERPUNCTION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about interpunction

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERPUNCTION»

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Runic and Mediterranean Epigraphy
Interpunction Interpunction, defined as the use of marks to indicate word divisions in an epigraphic text, is not standardized in Greek inscriptions. Interpunction did occur in pre-Greek epigraphic practices. The Minoan culture of Linear B on ...
Richard Lee Morris, 1988
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An Introduction to the Old Testament; translated from the ...
2) Ancient translators have very often differed from the interpunctions which are indicated by our accents and give the best sense ; which they would not have done, if they had had these marks of interpunction in the text. 3) Jerome and the ...
Johann JAHN, Samuel Hulbeart TURNER, William Rollinson WHITTINGHAM (Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maryland.), 1827
3
The Latin Dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 Years of Scholarship
R. Giacomelli (2006:91-3) has suggested that this may represent palatalization: see §3.5.5.3. (6) Interpunction. Word-division in the Middle and Late Faliscan inscriptions is by or , and a few inscriptions also use 'stroke-interpuncts' and ( i.e., ...
Gabriël C. L. M. Bakkum, 2009
4
Hebrew Grammar with a Copious Syntax and a Praxis
The result seems to be, that to regulate the recitation or cantillation of the Scriptures, was the first and original object of the Accents ; the interpunction and accentuation were only a secondary object, and therefore (as the fact shows) imperfectly ...
Moses Stuart, 1821
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Dutch Contributions to the Tenth International Congress of ...
SCr interpunction underwent certain changes around 1960. Prior to that date, SCr interpunction in connection with relative clauses was used for grammatical partitioning, separating each relative clause from its main clause by a comma.
A. A. Barentsen, B. M. Groen, R. Sprenger, 1988
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An English grammar, in three books, developing the new ...
The importance of this interpunction, depends much upon the length of the sub which interrupts, and upon the extent of the intertexture of branch with branch. Where the sub is quite short, no interpunction is necessary ; as, [" The boys of this  ...
James Brown (grammarian.), 1850
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A Grammar of the New Testament Dialect
Moreover, that from the ail/oi thus arranged the interpunction of modern times Came, can hardly be doubted. Parchment was too costly, in ancient times, to permit book makers to leave for any great length of time more than one half of the page ...
Moses Stuart, 1841
8
An introduction to the Old Testament, tr. with additional ...
It is to be observed that the accent which is mentioned by Jerome and the Talmudists, is not'a mark of the tone and of interpunction, but indicates the whole method of pronouncing. Yet it cannot be denied, that sometimes under the term accent ...
Johann Jahn, Samuel Hulbeart Turner, 1827
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An Introduction to the Old Testament
It is to be observed that the accent which is mentioned by Jerome and the Talmudists, is not a mark of the tone and of interpunction, but indicates the whole method of pronouncing. Yet it cannot be denied, that sometimes under the term accent ...
Johann Jahn, Samuel Hulbeart Turner, bp. William Rollinson Whittingham, 1827
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Greek Grammar for the Use of Schools: Translated from the ...
A closer union, therefore, of the individual verses among one another depends upon interpunction. Note 2. We, nevertheless, meet with single examples of elision at the end of the verse, namely, one in Euripides, (Iphigen. Taur. 968.) and ten ...
Valentin Christian Friedrich Rost, 1829

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERPUNCTION»

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Mayweather Battles Sea of Controversy on Fight Week
... maidana beats them for 7-8 rounds and HE gets tired they never do.[/QUOTE] Basic grammar and interpunction are soooo underrated ;) ... «BoxingScene.com, Sep 14»
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Sudo broken, sudo fixed
The_Postman 5pts. The art of interpunction. "Recently, however, it was found that on a networked system that uses both IPv4 and IPv6-which is ... «ZDNet, May 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Interpunction [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/interpunction>. Apr 2024 ».
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