colon

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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

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A colon
  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 ( | )

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