: to mark or divide with punctuation marks 2 : to interrupt at intervals a speech punctuated by a harsh cough

PUNCTUATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of punctuate 2. to add punctuation marks (= symbols) to writing…. Learn more.

Punctuation developed dramatically when large numbers of copies of the Bible started to be produced. These were designed to be read aloud, so the copyists began to introduce a range of marks to aid …

punctuated, punctuating to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear. to interrupt at intervals. Cheers punctuated the mayor's speech. to give emphasis …

1. to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear. 2. to interrupt at intervals: Cheers punctuated the mayor's speech. 3. to give emphasis or force to.

If an activity or situation is punctuated by particular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals.

[transitive, often passive] punctuate something (with something) to interrupt something fairly often and regularly Her speech was punctuated by bursts of applause. He punctuates his conversation with …

• As Carol Jackson moved about in the kitchen she could hear the steady burble of conversation, punctuated every so often by a laugh. • President Nixon punctuated his Watergate tapes with …

PUNCTUATE meaning: 1 : to use punctuation marks in (a piece of writing); 2 : to interrupt or occur in (something) repeatedly usually used as (be) punctuated

The president spoke at length in a speech punctuated by applause. He chatted freely, punctuating his remarks as often as possible with the interviewer's first name.