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1. (n.) semicolon
the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between the two clauses of a compound sentence.
Etymology: (1635–45)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) semicolon
a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
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1. (noun) semicolon
the written symbol (;), used between words in a list or between two closely-related sentences
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) semicolon
the punctuation mark [;] indicating a separation between parts or members of a sentence more distinct than that marked by a comma
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Sense: the punctuation mark (;) used especially to separate parts of a sentence which have more independence than clauses separated by a comma
He wondered what to do. He couldn't go back; he couldn't borrow money.
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 Afrikaans: kommapunt |
 Arabic: فَصْلَه او شَوْلَةٌ مَنْق |
 Bulgarian: точка и запетая |
 Brazilian: ponto e vírgula |
 Czech: středník |
 German: der Strichpunkt |
 Danish: semikolon |
 Greek: άνω τελεία, ημίκολο |
 Spanish: punto y coma |
 Estonian: semikoolon |
 Farsi: نقطه ويرگول |
 Finnish: puolipiste |
 French: point-virgule |
 Hebrew: נְקוּדָה וּפּסִיק |
 Hindi: अर्धविराम |
 Croatian: točka zarez |
 Hungarian: pontosvessző |
 Indonesian: titik koma |
 Icelandic: semíkomma |
 Italian: punto e virgola |
 Japanese: セミコロン |
 Korean: 세미콜론 |
 Lithuanian: kabliataškis |
 Latvian: semikols |
 Malay: koma bertitik |
 Dutch: puntkomma |
 Norwegian: semikolon |
 Polish: średnik |
 Persian: نقطه ويرگول |
 Pashto: بېلوونكى نښه، ټكى لرونكې |
 Portuguese: ponto e vírgula |
 Romanian: punctşi virgulă |
 Russian: точка с запятой |
 Slovak: dvojbodka |
 Slovenian: podpičje |
 Serbian: tačka i zapeta |
 Swedish: semikolon |
 Thai: เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน; อัฒภา |
 Turkish: noktalı virgül |
 Taiwanese: 分號 |
 Ukrainian: крапка з комою |
 Urdu: نیم وقفے کا نشان |
 Vietnamese: dấu chấm phẩy |
 Chinese: 分号 |
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