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Definition of comma noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

comma

noun
 
/ˈkɒmə/
 
/ˈkɑːmə/
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  1. the mark ( , ) used to separate the items in a list or to show where there is a slight break in a sentence
    • The relative clause is separated by commas.
    • You need to put a comma before ‘which’.
    see also inverted commasTopics Languagea2
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally as a term in rhetoric denoting a group of words shorter than a colon): via Latin from Greek komma ‘piece cut off, short clause’, from koptein ‘cut’.
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