punctuation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
Types & categories
- break hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
Types & categories
- mark hypernym
- ampersand hyponym
- apostrophe hyponym
- brace hyponym
- square bracket hyponym
- angle bracket hyponym
- colon hyponym
- comma hyponym
- exclamation mark hyponym
- hyphen hyponym
- parenthesis hyponym
- full stop hyponym
- question mark hyponym
- quote hyponym
- semicolon hyponym
- virgule hyponym
- swung dash hyponym
Parts & wholes
- orthography part holonym
Related & opposite
- punctuate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases
Types & categories
- grouping hypernym
- hyphenation hyponym
Parts & wholes
- orthography member holonym
Related & opposite
- punctuate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | break |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | punctuate |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | orthography |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mark |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ampersand |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | apostrophe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brace |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | square bracket |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | angle bracket |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | colon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | comma |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exclamation mark |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyphen |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | parenthesis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | full stop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | question mark |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quote |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | semicolon |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | virgule |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | swung dash |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | punctuate |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | orthography |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | grouping |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyphenation |