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1 punctuation mark
(any of the symbols used for punctuating, eg comma, full stop, question mark etc.) pieturzīme -
2 punctuate
(to divide up sentences etc by commas, full stops, colons etc.) likt pieturzīmes- punctuation mark* * *likt pieturzīmes; akcentēt, uzsvērt; pārtraukt -
3 colon
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4 comma
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5 period
['piəriəd] 1. noun1) (any length of time: a period of three days; a period of waiting.) periods; laika posms2) (a stage in the Earth's development, an artist's development, in history etc: the Pleistocene period; the modern period.) periods; laikmets3) (the punctuation mark (.), put at the end of a sentence; a full stop.) punkts2. adjective(of furniture, costumes etc) of or from the same or appropriate time in history; antique or very old: period costumes; His house is full of period furniture (=antique furniture). vēsturisks; laikmeta-- periodic- periodically
- periodical 3. adjective(see periodic.)* * *laika posms, periods; laikmets; stunda; mācību stunda; punkts; teikums; menstruācijas; laikmeta, perioda -
6 semicolon
[semi'kəulən, ]( American[) 'semikoulən](the punctuation mark (;) used especially to separate parts of a sentence which have more independence than clauses separated by a comma: He wondered what to do. He couldn't go back; he couldn't borrow money.) semikols* * *semikols -
7 point
[point] 1. noun1) (the sharp end of anything: the point of a pin; a sword point; at gunpoint (= threatened by a gun).) smaile; (ass) gals2) (a piece of land that projects into the sea etc: The ship came round Lizard Point.) zemesrags3) (a small round dot or mark (.): a decimal point; five point three six (= 5.36); In punctuation, a point is another name for a full stop.) punkts4) (an exact place or spot: When we reached this point of the journey we stopped to rest.) punkts; vieta5) (an exact moment: Her husband walked in at that point.) moments, mirklis6) (a place on a scale especially of temperature: the boiling-point of water.) iedaļa; atzīme7) (a division on a compass eg north, south-west etc.) debespuse8) (a mark in scoring a competition, game, test etc: He has won by five points to two.) punkts; balle9) (a particular matter for consideration or action: The first point we must decide is, where to meet; That's a good point; You've missed the point; That's the whole point; We're wandering away from the point.) lieta; jautājums; lietas būtība10) ((a) purpose or advantage: There's no point (in) asking me - I don't know.) jēga; mērķis; nolūks11) (a personal characteristic or quality: We all have our good points and our bad ones.) raksturīga iezīme12) (an electrical socket in a wall etc into which a plug can be put: Is there only one electrical point in this room?) kontaktligzda2. verb1) (to aim in a particular direction: He pointed the gun at her.) tēmēt, []vērst2) (to call attention to something especially by stretching the index finger in its direction: He pointed (his finger) at the door; He pointed to a sign.) norādīt3) (to fill worn places in (a stone or brick wall etc) with mortar.) izšuvot šuves•- pointed- pointer
- pointless
- pointlessly
- points
- be on the point of
- come to the point
- make a point of
- make one's point
- point out
- point one's toes* * *punkts; punkts, vieta; smaile, gals; zemesrags; jautājums, lieta; galvenais, būtība; nolūks, mērķis; brīdis; raksturīga iezīme, īpašība; iedaļa, atzīme; adata; kontaktligzda, rozete; punkts; ieskaites punkts; stacija, pietura; punkts; rumbs; priekšējais postenis, priekšējā patruļa; rādīt; norādīt; tēmēt, vērst; asināt; uzasināt; padarīt spilgtāku; apstāties un norādīt
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