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.
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noun
The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: middot, centered dot, middle dot, space dot, interpoint, decimal point, come, turned period, turned point
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To place points between clauses, words or some letters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin interpunctus, from inter- (“between, mid-”) + punctus (“point”).
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
