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semi-colon

semi-colon is the alternative form of semicolon.

Meaning of semicolon

Noun

semicolon (plural semicolons or semicola)

  1. The punctuation mark ;.
    • The use of the semicolon has remained contentious and subject to fashion.2021, Claire Cock-Starkey, Hyphens & Hashtags, Bodleian Library, page 28

Forms of semi-colon

pluralsemi-colons

Origin of semi-colon

From semi- + colon.

Questions about semi-colon

What is semi-colon the alternative form of?
Semi-colon is the alternative form of semicolon.

Words near semi-colon in the dictionary

  1. semi-closed game
  2. semi-closed games
  3. semi-closeted
  4. semi-coke
  5. semi-cokes
  6. semi-colon
  7. semi-colonies
  8. semi-colons
  9. semi-colony
  10. semi-column
  11. semi-columns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semi-colon (page history and authors); semicolon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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