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Meanings of hyphen in English

Russian
дефис-минус
Portuguese
hifens
Spanish
guion
Catalan
guionet
Wikidata

Punctuation mark used to join words.

Related terms
дефис-минус
Portuguese
hífen
Catalan
guió
Spanish
raya

A punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text.

hífen
Portuguese
colocar hífen

Divide or connect with a hyphen.

colocar hífen
Synonyms
Examples for "hyphenate"
Examples for "hyphenate"
1
I believe that the best way to go is to hyphenate our names.
Reuters
2
In 1885 Burne-Jones took the decision to hyphenate his name.
Edward Burne-Jones. A Biography
3
For a while, she planned to just hyphenate and I was completely fine with that.
Ebony
4
The American is what the film industry calls "a hyphenate", in his case this means academic-author.
The Irish Times
5
I hyphenate a lot these days.
The evolutionary void
Usage of hyphen in English
1
Things are different for Jay-Z, not only because his hyphen is back.
Wired
2
We added the hyphen to the four items in Chapter 6.
Hospital Sketches
3
Maybe the hyphen doesn't matter so much, but embracing changes in communications does.
Independent.ie
4
When used as adverbs they may be printed in italics without the hyphen.
The Uses of Italic / A Primer of Information Regarding the Origi...
5
All right, they made him president, but where did they get that hyphen?
The Irish Times
6
Four times in the index, fireships was spelled with a hyphen.
France and England in North America, Part VI : Montcalm and Wolf...
7
The hyphen chap fidgeted a good bit-nervous sort, I take it.
Ruggles of Red Gap
8
The purser said that the dragon's name was Mrs. Scrivener-Yapling, with a hyphen.
In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
9
To make a hyphen, tick the key between the zero and the equal sign.
The new yorker
10
Perhaps they could drop that annoying hyphen as a compromise?
NY Magazine
11
In the carriage-tothe hyphen chap's place, to be sure.
Ruggles of Red Gap
12
For this, you just press the single dash or hyphen key on your keyboard.
The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002
13
Sir, -What has the humble hyphen done to be treated with such indifference?
The Irish Times
14
The British app should have a hyphen in its name.
The Guardian
15
Place names are written without hyphen, if they remain readable.
A History of China
16
A hyphen (-) is used to indicate a range of characters.
Sed & awk, 2nd edition
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Translations for hyphen
Hyphen through the time
Hyphen across language varieties
United Kingdom
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