semicolon
pronunciation
How to pronounce semicolon in British English:
UK [ˌsemiˈkəʊlən]
How to pronounce semicolon in American English:
US [ˈsemikoʊlən]
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- Noun:
- a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
Word Origin
- semicolon (n.)
- punctuation-mark, 1640s, a hybrid coined from Latin-derived semi- + Greek-based colon (n.1). The mark itself was (and is) in Greek the point of interrogation.
Example
- 1. A few relatively infrequent situations also call for a semicolon .
- 2. She likes to think of a semicolon as a comma with vibrato .
- 3. If you think a semicolon is a regular colon with an identity crisis , I will not hire you .
- 4. That was a spontaneous use of the semicolon , demonstrating the strenuous thought that went into the sentence .
- 5. It is especially good on the difference between the colon and the semicolon .