semicolon
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.semi·co·lon
noun \ˈse-mē-ˌkō-lən, ˈse-ˌmī-, -mi-\Definition of SEMICOLON
: a punctuation mark ; used chiefly in a coordinating function between major sentence elements (as independent clauses of a compound sentence)
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