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hyphen
[ hahy-fuhn ]
noun
- a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.
verb (used with object)
hyphen
/ ˈ³ó²¹Éª´ÚÉ™²Ô /
noun
- the punctuation mark (-), used to separate the parts of some compound words, to link the words of a phrase, and between syllables of a word split between two consecutive lines of writing or printing
verb
- tr another word for hyphenate
hyphen
- A punctuation mark (-) used in some compound words, such as self-motivation , seventy-five , and mother-in-law . A hyphen is also used to divide a word at the end of a line of type. Hyphens may appear only between syllables . Thus com-pound is properly hyphenated, but compo-und is not.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó²â·±è³ó±ð²Ô·¾±³¦ [hahy-, fen, -ik], adjective
- »å±ð·³ó²âp³ó±ð²Ô verb (used with object)
- ³Ü²Ô·³ó²âp³ó±ð²Ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hyphen1
Compare Meanings
How does hyphen compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:
Example Sentences
Not all of his ideas made the cut though - X-Ray Drive was rejected by the council due to a hyphen being in it, which forced the change to Radiography Road.
Or perhaps the story of his panic at seeing a post-it note saying "please re-sign" on some documents, and not noticing the hyphen, wondered what he'd done to justify having to quit.
The three or four sets are all separated by a hyphen.
But with the slash of a hyphen and the snip of a “20,†Mr. Evers changed 2024-25 to the year 2425.
Evers, a former state education secretary and public school teacher and administrator before that, vetoed the “20†and the hyphen to make the end date 2425.
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