How to pronounce “hyphenate”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive) to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
• (transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen.
• [Noun]
• A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
• A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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