hyphenate
pronunciation
How to pronounce hyphenate in British English:
UK [ˈhaɪfəneɪt]
How to pronounce hyphenate in American English:
US ['haɪfəneɪt]
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- Verb:
- divide or connect with a hyphen
Word Origin
- hyphenate (v.)
- 1881, from hyphen + -ate (2). The earlier verb was simply hyphen (1814). Related: Hyphenated; hyphenating. Hyphenated American is attested from 1889.
Example
- 1. Clear the automatically hyphenate this story check box .
- 2. I 'm not gonna hyphenate my name , bob .
- 3. I 've chosen to hyphenate my last name .
- 4. You can control where and how the hyphens appear in your text by using the hyphenate dialog box .