"punctuality" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-punctuality.wav Forms: punctualities [plural]
Etymology: From punctual + -ity. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|punctual|ity}} punctual + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} punctuality (usually uncountable, plural punctualities)
  1. The state of being punctual Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: timeliness, promptness, punctuality Related terms: point, punctilious, punctual, punctuate, punctuation, punctually Translations (state of being punctual): puntualtasun (Basque), пунктуа́льнасць (punktuálʹnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), акура́тност (akurátnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), puntualitat [feminine] (Catalan), punktlighed [common-gender] (Danish), stiptheid [feminine] (Dutch), akurateco (Esperanto), täsmällisyys (Finnish), ponctualité [feminine] (French), puntualidade [feminine] (Galician), პუნქტუალურობა (ṗunkṭualuroba) (Georgian), Pünktlichkeit [feminine] (German), pontosság (Hungarian), puntualità [feminine] (Italian), punktlighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), punktlegskap [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), punktualność [feminine] (Polish), pontualidade [feminine] (Portuguese), punctualitate [feminine] (Romanian), пунктуа́льность (punktuálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), puntualidad [feminine] (Spanish), punktlighet [common-gender] (Swedish), пунктуа́льність (punktuálʹnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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