semicolon

noun

USSEM-ee-koh-luhn/ˈsɛmikoʊlən/UKsem-ee-KOH-luhn/ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən/

Pluralsemicolons, semicola

1 meaning of semicolon

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nouncountable
A punctuation mark, a dot over a comma, that joins two sentences or splits long lists.
Like a small pause in a sentence: longer than a comma but shorter than a period.
The teacher showed the class how to use a semicolon correctly.
I put a semicolon between the two sentences instead of a period.

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Origin

It comes from "semi-" plus "colon."