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1. Something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
    
2. The marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
   - punctuation mark
    
3. The use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases

Derived forms: punctuations

See also: punctuate

Type of: break, grouping, interruption, mark

Part of: orthography, writing system

Encyclopedia: Punctuation