Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to punctuate
Participle: punctuated
Gerund: punctuating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | punctuate |
| you | punctuate |
| he;she;it | punctuates |
| we | punctuate |
| you | punctuate |
| they | punctuate |
Perfect
| I | have punctuated |
| you | have punctuated |
| he;she;it | has punctuated |
| we | have punctuated |
| you | have punctuated |
| they | have punctuated |
Past
| I | punctuated |
| you | punctuated |
| he;she;it | punctuated |
| we | punctuated |
| you | punctuated |
| they | punctuated |
Pluperfect
| I | had punctuated |
| you | had punctuated |
| he;she;it | had punctuated |
| we | had punctuated |
| you | had punctuated |
| they | had punctuated |
Future
| I | will punctuate |
| you | will punctuate |
| he;she;it | will punctuate |
| we | will punctuate |
| you | will punctuate |
| they | will punctuate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have punctuated |
| you | will have punctuated |
| he;she;it | will have punctuated |
| we | will have punctuated |
| you | will have punctuated |
| they | will have punctuated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | punctuate |
| you | punctuate |
| he;she;it | punctuate |
| we | punctuate |
| you | punctuate |
| they | punctuate |
Perfect
| I | have punctuated |
| you | have punctuated |
| he;she;it | have punctuated |
| we | have punctuated |
| you | have punctuated |
| they | have punctuated |
Imperfect
| I | punctuated |
| you | punctuated |
| he;she;it | punctuated |
| we | punctuated |
| you | punctuated |
| they | punctuated |
Pluperfect
| I | had punctuated |
| you | had punctuated |
| he;she;it | had punctuated |
| we | had punctuated |
| you | had punctuated |
| they | had punctuated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would punctuate |
| you | would punctuate |
| he;she;it | would punctuate |
| we | would punctuate |
| you | would punctuate |
| they | would punctuate |
Perfect
| I | would have punctuated |
| you | would have punctuated |
| he;she;it | would have punctuated |
| we | would have punctuated |
| you | would have punctuated |
| they | would have punctuated |
Imperative
| you | punctuate |
| we | Let's punctuate |
| you | punctuate |
Verbs conjugated like 'punctuate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'punctuate'
punctulate,
puncture,
repunctuate,
unpunctuate,
actuate,
acupunctuate,
fluctuate,
fructuate,
inactuate,
mispunctuate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin pūnctuātus, perfect passive participle of pūnctuō (“to mark with points”), from Medieval Latin pūnctus (“a point, dot”), from pungō (“to prick, punch”); see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of punch.
Sample Sentences
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That occurrence of "its" needs to be punctuated as "it's".
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My father punctuated his tirade with thumps on the desk.
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Most soldiers would testify that the everyday experience of war is long stretches of boredom punctuated by sudden, terrifying spells of disorder. [2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian:]