hyphenations

hy·phen·ate (h

-n

)

tr.v. hy·phen·at·ed, hy·phen·at·ing, hy·phen·ates

To divide or connect (syllables, word elements, or names) with a hyphen.

n. hy·phen·ate (-n

, -n

)

One who performs more than one job or function: auditioned singer-dancers, actor-models, and other hyphenates.

hyphen·ation n.

hyphenate [ˈhaɪf^əˌneɪt], hyphen

(Linguistics) (tr) to separate (syllables, words, etc.) with a hyphen

hyphenation n

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Verb

hyphenate - divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names"

hyphen

spell, write - write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"

Translations

hyphenate [ˈhaɪfəneɪt] VT → escribir con guión, unir con guión

hyphenate

vt → mit Bindestrich schreiben; (Typ) → koppeln (spec); hyphenated word → Bindestrich- or (Typ) → Koppelwort nt

hyphenate [ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt] vt → unire con un trattino

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-ate double double-barrelled fast-forward Hacky Sack hot zone hyphen hyphen help hyphenated Hyphenated American hyphenation solid spell write	The other day I came across one of those loopy hyphenations that one occasionally finds in newspapers and magazines: Parker, a New York Giants defensive end, was rearrested this week in connection with the death of his girlfriend's 4-year-old son. Mad dashes by Lederer, Richard / Word Ways Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer As the pop world explodes into more and more hybrids and hyphenations, with each arcane offshoot more dissonant than the last, it's refreshing to come across music that sounds like today but has age-old roots. DEAR AS FOLK ELIZA CARTHY POSSESSES A MUSICAL PEDIGREE, BUT HER SOUND ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) However, the sonnets with few or no hyphenations tend to be more successful; the hyphenations can be more or less comprehensible to the reader, and successful within the poems, according to the extent to which the poetical constructions of the sonnet both call for their creation and justify it. 'Crabbedness' and the backwards advance to Portugal: hyphenation in ... by Lokensgard, Mark A. / Portuguese Studies	hypertrophic cardiomyopathy hypertrophic rosacea Hypertrophied hypertrophy hyperuricemia hypervelocity hyperventilate hyperventilation hypervitaminosis hypervolaemia hypervolemia hypester hypesthesia hypethral hypha Hyphae Hyphantria Hyphantria cunea hyphema hyphen hyphen help hyphenate hyphenated Hyphenated American hyphenation hyphenations hyphenism Hyphomycetes Hypidiomorphic Hypinosis hypn- hypnagogic hypnagogic image hypnagogic jerks hypnagogue hypno- hypnoanalysis hypnobate hypnobatia Hypnocyst hypnogenesis Hypnogenic hypnogogic hypnoid Hypnologist hypnology hypnomania hypnopaedia hypnopedia hypnophobia hypnopompic	hyphema hyphema hyphemia hyphen hyphen hyphen Hyphen (punctuation) Hyphen (punctuation) hyphen help hyphen ladder hyphenate hyphenate hyphenate hyphenated hyphenated hyphenated Hyphenated American Hyphenated Americans Hyphenated separation techniques hyphenates hyphenates hyphenating hyphenating hyphenation hyphenation hyphenation hyphenation Hyphenation and Justification hyphenation dictionary hyphenation zone hyphenations hyphened hyphened hyphening hyphening hyphenism hyphens hyphens hyphephilia Hypherion Hypherion Hyphessobricon Hyphessobrycon innesi hyphidium hyphidrosis hyphidrosis Hyphochytriales Hyphochytridiomycetes Hyphochytridiomycota hyphoid Hypholoma fasciculare Hypholoma fasciculare Hyphomicrobiaceae Hyphomicrobiales Hyphomicrobium Hyphomonas Hyphomyces destruens Hyphomycetes Hyphomycetes Hyphomycetes hyphomycosis

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The other day I came across one of those loopy hyphenations that one occasionally finds in newspapers and magazines: Parker, a New York Giants defensive end, was rearrested this week in connection with the death of his girlfriend's 4-year-old son.

Mad dashes by Lederer, Richard / Word Ways

Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer As the pop world explodes into more and more hybrids and hyphenations, with each arcane offshoot more dissonant than the last, it's refreshing to come across music that sounds like today but has age-old roots.

DEAR AS FOLK ELIZA CARTHY POSSESSES A MUSICAL PEDIGREE, BUT HER SOUND ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

However, the sonnets with few or no hyphenations tend to be more successful; the hyphenations can be more or less comprehensible to the reader, and successful within the poems, according to the extent to which the poetical constructions of the sonnet both call for their creation and justify it.

'Crabbedness' and the backwards advance to Portugal: hyphenation in ... by Lokensgard, Mark A. / Portuguese Studies

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