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Semicolon

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Noun

1. semicolon

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

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Semicolon

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noun
the punctuation mark (;) used to indicate a pause intermediate in value or length between that of a comma and that of a full stop

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Semicolon

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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 College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Semicolon

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n.
A mark of punctuation ( ; ) used to connect independent clauses and indicating a closer relationship between the clauses than a period does.

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