Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: interpunct
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A small division or individual feature between others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A pause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
To mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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History
A variant of interpunct
From inter- + point.
