Wat (wie) is Punctuate - definitie
punctuate
(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
punctuate
v. a.
Point, mark with points, separate into sentences.
punctuate
['p??(k)t??e?t, -tj?-]
¦ verb
1. insert punctuation marks in (text).
2. occur at intervals throughout.
(punctuate something with) interrupt an activity with.
Origin
C17 (in the sense 'point out'): from med. L. punctuat-, punctuare 'bring to a point'.
Uitspraakvoorbeelden voor Punctuate
1. can't punctuate.
The Sense of Style _ Steven Pinker _ Talks at Google
2. punctuate that segment.
How I Navigate The World as a Blind Musician _ Chi Gook Kim _ Talks at Google
3. from this giant obelisk that punctuates
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4. 'Our freshmen can't spell, can't punctuate.'"
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5. Let's punctuate this with around of applause,
The Greatest Maths Mistakes _ Matt Parker _ Talks at Google
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor Punctuate
1. Airports will punctuate any foreign holiday with purgatory.
2. Pendleton likes the shake: "It helps punctuate what she‘s saying.
3. References to pluralism, civil society and democracy punctuate its rhetoric.
4. Collapsing barns punctuate a scraggly sea of brown grass and bleached boulders.
5. Loud catcalls and whistles punctuate the singing, as does a theatrical ha–ha–ha laughter.