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semicolon

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sem·i·co·lon  (sm-kln)
n.
A mark of punctuation ( ; ) used to connect independent clauses and indicating a closer relationship between the clauses than a period does.

semicolon [ˌsɛmɪˈkəʊlən]
n
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) 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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Noun1.semicolon - a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
punctuation mark, punctuation - the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
Translations
semicolon semi-colon [ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən] npoint-virgule m

semicolon [ˌsɛmɪˈkəʊlən] npunto e virgola
semicolon [ˌsɛmɪˈkəʊlən] npunto e virgola

semicolon
n semicolon [semiˈkəulən, (American ) ˈsemikoulən]
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. kommapunt فَصْلَه او شَوْلَةٌ مَنْقوطَه точка и запетая středník semikolon der Strichpunkt άνω τελεία, ημίκολο punto y coma semikoolon نقطه ويرگول puolipiste point-virgule נְקוּדָה וּפּסִיק अर्धविराम točka zarez pontosvessző titik koma semíkomma punto e virgola セミコロン 세미콜론 kabliataškis semikols koma bertitik puntkomma semikolon średnik ponto e vírgula punct şi virgulă точка с запятой dvojbodka podpičje tačka i zapeta semikolon เครื่องหมายวรรคตอน; อัฒภาค noktalı virgül 分號 крапка з комою نیم وقفے کا نشان dấu chấm phẩy

semicolon فصلة منقوطة středník semikolon Semikolon άνω τελεία punto y coma puolipiste point virgule točka-zarez punto e virgola セミコロン 세미콜론 puntkomma semikolon średnik ponto e vírgula, ponto-e-vírgula точка с запятой semikolon เครื่องหมายอัฒภาค ; noktalı virgül dấu chấm phẩy 分号


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For you ought to stop twice as long at a semicolon as you do at a comma, and you make the longest stops where there ought to be no stop at all.
Somebody put a drop under a magnifying-glass and it was all semicolons and parentheses," said Mrs.
It was the big thing out of life he had read to her, not sentence-structure and semicolons.
 
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