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- [verb hahy-fuh-neyt; adjective, noun hahy-fuh-nit, -neyt]
- /verb ˈhaɪ fəˌneɪt; adjective, noun ˈhaɪ fə nɪt, -ˌneɪt/
- /ˈhaɪ.fən.eɪt/
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- [verb hahy-fuh-neyt; adjective, noun hahy-fuh-nit, -neyt]
- /verb ˈhaɪ fəˌneɪt; adjective, noun ˈhaɪ fə nɪt, -ˌneɪt/
Definitions of hyphenation word
- verb with object hyphenation to join by a hyphen. 1
- verb with object hyphenation to write or divide with a hyphen. 1
- adjective hyphenation of or relating to something of distinct form or origin that has been joined; connected by a hyphen. 1
- noun hyphenation Informal. a person working or excelling in more than one craft or occupation: He's a film-industry hyphenate, usually listed as a writer-director-producer. 1
- noun hyphenation The inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens. 1
- noun hyphenation linking two words with a hyphen 1
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Origin of hyphenation
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; hyphen + -ate1
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Parts of speech for Hyphenation
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hyphenation popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
hyphenation usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with hyphenation
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