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automatic hyphenation

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Definition of automatic hyphenation words

  • noun Technical meaning of automatic hyphenation (text)   A feature of some word processors which can insert hyphens into words which would otherwise extend beyond the right hand margin of the page. More advanced word processors may have options to control the position of the hyphen, to restrict certain words from being hyphenated, and to allow custom dictionaries of hyphenation points to be built up. 1

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Parts of speech for Automatic hyphenation

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

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