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semicolon

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
semicolon /ˌsɛmɪˈkəʊlən, -ˈkəʊlɒn/

▶noun a punctuation mark (;) indicating a more pronounced pause than that indicated by a comma.

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