English-Thai Dictionary

punctuate

VT ขัดจังหวะ  kad-jang-wa

 

punctuate

VT คั่น ด้วย เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน  kan-duai-krueng-mai-wak-ton

 

punctuate

VT เน้น  emphasize nean

 

punctuate with

PHRV พูด ขัดจังหวะ  พูดแทรก  phud-kad-jang-wa

 

punctuate with

PHRV ใส่ เครื่องหมาย (คำถาม  ตกใจ  ฯลฯ  sai-krueng-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUNCTUATE

v.t.[L. punctum, a point. ] To mark with points; to designate sentences, clauses or other divisions of a writing by points, which mark the proper pauses.

 

PUNCTUATED

pp. Pointed. 1. Having the divisions marked with points.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PUNCTUATE

Punc "tu *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Punctuated; p. pr. & vb. n.Punctuating. ] Etym: [Cf. F. ponctuer. See Punctual. ]

 

Defn: To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc. , by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

punctuate

punc tu ate |ˈpəNGkCHo͞oˌāt ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 occur at intervals throughout (a continuing event or a place ): the country's history has been punctuated by coups. • (punctuate something with ) interrupt or intersperse (an activity ) with: she punctuates her conversation with snatches of song. 2 insert punctuation marks in (text ). ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘point out ’): from medieval Latin punctuat- ‘brought to a point, ’ from the verb punctuare, from punctum ‘a point. ’

 

punctuated equilibrium

punc tu at ed e qui lib ri um ▶noun Biology the hypothesis that evolutionary development is marked by isolated episodes of rapid speciation between long periods of little or no change.

 

Oxford Dictionary

punctuate

punctuate |ˈpʌŋ (k )tʃʊeɪt, -tjʊ -| ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 insert punctuation marks in (text ). 2 occur at intervals throughout (an area or period ): the country's history has been punctuated by coups. • (punctuate something with ) interrupt or intersperse something with: she punctuates her conversation with snatches of song. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘point out ’): from medieval Latin punctuat- ‘brought to a point ’, from the verb punctuare, from punctum ‘a point ’.

 

punctuated equilibrium

punc ¦tu |ated equi |lib ¦rium ▶noun [ mass noun ] Biology the hypothesis that evolutionary development is marked by isolated episodes of rapid speciation between long periods of little or no change.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

punctuate

punctuate verb 1 how to punctuate direct speech: add punctuation to, put punctuation marks in. 2 slides were used to punctuate the talk: break up, interrupt, intersperse, pepper.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

punctuate

punctuate verb 1 pupils should be shown how to set out and punctuate direct speech: add punctuation to, put punctuation marks in, dot; archaic point, apostrophize, accentuate. 2 slides were used to punctuate the talk: break up, interrupt, intersperse, pepper, sprinkle, scatter, strew, dot.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

punctuate

punc tu ate /pʌ́ŋ (k )tʃuèɪt /動詞 他動詞 1 …に句読点を打つ [付ける ].2 〖通例be ～d 〗 «…によって » 何度も中断させられる «by , with » .自動詞 句読点を打つ [付ける ].