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Vinony

semicolon

noun

  1. punctuation element
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən/ / /-ˈkəʊlɒn/ / /ˈsɛmikoʊlən/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English colon English semicolon From semi- + colon.

  1. The punctuation mark ;.

    “The use of the semicolon has remained contentious and subject to fashion.”