commanoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkɒm.ə/us/ˈkɑː.mə/B1 the symbol , used in writing to separate parts of a sentence showing a slight pause, or to separate the single things in a list
Examples
- Put a comma after the clause.
- We usually put a comma after thousands in numbers.
- Should I put a comma before the 'and'?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Punctuation
- ampersand
- asterisk
- capitalize
- caron
- cedilla
- dash
- ditto
- grave (accent)
- guillemet
- hyphen
- hyphenate
- lower case
- parentheses
- period
- punctuation
- punctuation mark
- question mark
- quotation marks
- tilde
- upper case
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Examples from literature
- A comma is used whenever necessary to prevent ambiguity.
- Added comma missing in original after "hunting".
- The passage between commas is omitted in the representation, but we know not why.
- The subject of address is followed by a comma: "John, you are a good man."
- Whether they put the title in italics, or within commas, it is always italicised in this edition.