Comma

/ˈkɒm.ə/ noun verb

The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

Meaning

  1. (noun) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.
  2. (noun) A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.
  3. (noun) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.
  4. (noun) A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.
  5. (noun) A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.
  6. (noun) In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.
  7. (noun) A brief interval.
  8. (verb) To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.

Letter breakdown

  • Comma contains 5 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
  • It uses 4 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 11.

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What does Comma mean?

The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

How many letters are in Comma?

Comma has 5 letters.

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