colon

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Colon

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkəʊ.lən/ or /ˈkəʊ.lɒn/
• (US) enPR: kō'lən, IPA ^(key): /ˈkoʊ.lən/ or /ˈkɔ.lən/ or [ˈkʰɔ.ɫn̩]

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Noun

Singular colon

Plural colons or cola

1. (countable) The colon is a part of the digestive system.
2. (countable) A colon is the sign :. It is often used in a sentence to indicate the beginning of a list.

   Her grocery list had three items: bread, milk, and cheese.

Punctuation marks (edit)

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) • brackets ( [] ) • braces ( {} ) • colon ( : ) • comma ( , ) • dashes ( – ) ( — ) • ellipsis ( ... ) • exclamation mark ( ! ) • hyphen ( ‐ ) ( - ) • parentheses ( () ) • period / full stop ( . ) • question mark ( ? ) • quotation marks ( ' ' ) ( " " ) • semicolon ( ; ) • slash ( / ) Other: ampersand ( & ) • asterisk ( * ) • at ( @ ) • backslash ( \ ) • bullet ( • ) ( · ) • degree ( ° ) • number sign / pound sign ( # ) • tilde ( ~ ) • underscore ( _ ) • vertical bar / pipe ( | ) •