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semicolon

sem·i·co·lon

semicolon

 
pronunciation:
se mi ko ln [or] se maI ko ln
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part of speech: noun
definition: a punctuation mark (;). It is most often used to separate clauses in a single sentence when each clause has its own subject and verb and when there is no word that connects the clauses.
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