HyperDic: hyphenate

English > 1 sense of the word hyphenate:
VERBcreationhyphenate, hyphendivide or connect with a hyphen
hyphenate > pronunciation
Soundshhay'fahney.t
Rhymesabate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...
English > hyphenate: 1 sense > verb 1, creation
Meaningdivide or connect with a hyphen.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example"hyphenate these words and names"
Synonymhyphen
Broaderspell, writeWrite or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
Nounshyphena punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
hyphenationconnecting syllables and words by hyphens
hyphenationdivision of a word especially at the end of a line on a page

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