Usually means: Long punctuation mark, sentence breaker.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. em dash: Merriam-Webster
  2. em dash: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. em dash: Collins English Dictionary
  4. em-dash: Wordnik
  5. em-dash, em dash: Wiktionary
  6. em dash: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. em dash: Dictionary.com
  8. Em-dash, Em dash: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. em dash: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  10. em dash: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. em dash: CCI Computer
  2. em dash: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. em dash: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (em dash)

▸ noun:  (typography) The symbol (—) (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)

Similar:
em-dash, emdash, en dash, dash, figure dash, endash, em rule, horizontal bar, en-dash, quotation dash, more...

Opposite:
en dash, hyphen

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Similar:
em-dash, emdash, en dash, dash, figure dash, endash, em rule, horizontal bar, en-dash, quotation dash, more...

Opposite:
en dash, hyphen



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