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SEMICOLON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does semicolon mean?
• SEMICOLON (noun)
The noun SEMICOLON has 1 sense:
1. a punctuation mark (';') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
Familiarity information: SEMICOLON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A punctuation mark (';') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("semicolon" is a kind of...):
punctuation; punctuation mark (the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases)
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