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Semicolon

//ˈsɛmikoʊlən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The punctuation mark ;.

    "The use of the semicolon has remained contentious and subject to fashion."

  2. 2
    a punctuation mark (‘;’) used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period wordnet

Etymology

From semi- + colon.

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