Semicolon Definition

sĕmĭ-kōlən
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
The punctuation mark ';' .
A semicolon is followed by an initial lower-case letter (unless for proper nouns).
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Other Word Forms of Semicolon

Noun

Singular:
semicolon
Plural:
semicola, semicolons

Origin of Semicolon

  • From semi- +"Ž colon.

    From Wiktionary

Semicolon Sentence Examples

  • In particular, be very careful not to omit the final semicolon.

  • All of the parts of a theme are created using sophisticated CSS and HTML tags, and that means that a misplaced comma, semicolon, or parentheses can wreak havoc on your WordPress blog.

  • The end of the program follows line 0017 of the listing, which includes a semicolon to terminate the procedure.

  • And you have learned that a double semicolon prevents the result of a statement from being printed.

  • No later letters in this sample give occasion for the use of what we might call the " argumentative semicolon.

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Words Starting With

SSESEM

Words Ending With

NONLON

Unscrambles

semicolon

Words Starting With S and Ending With N

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With S9 Letter Words Ending With N