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HYPHENATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide or connect with a hyphen

Example:

hyphenate these words and names

Synonyms:

hyphen; hyphenate

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "hyphenate" is one way to...):

spell; write (write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

hyphen (a 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)

hyphenation (connecting syllables and words by hyphens)

hyphenation (division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page)

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