Semicolon Definition

sĕmĭ-kōlən
noun
A mark of punctuation (;) indicating a degree of separation greater than that marked by the comma and less than that marked by the period: used chiefly to separate units that contain elements separated by commas, and to separate closely related coordinate clauses.
Webster's New World
The punctuation mark ';' .
A semicolon is followed by an initial lower-case letter (unless for proper nouns).
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Other Word Forms of Semicolon

Noun

Singular:
semicolon
Plural:
semicola, semicolons

Origin of Semicolon

  • From semi- +"Ž colon.

    From Wiktionary

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