punctual

Definitions


[ˈpʌŋ(k)tʃʊəl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- happening or doing something at the agreed or proper time
(e.g: he's the sort of person who's always punctual)

- denoting or relating to an action that takes place at a particular point in time


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘producing or consisting of small pricks or punctures’): from medieval Latin punctualis, from Latin punctum ‘a point’. punctual dates from the mid 17th century




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