SEMICOLON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A punctuation mark (';') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("semicolon" is a kind of...):

punctuation; punctuation mark (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)

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