Hyphenated

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of hyphenate form-of, participle, past

    "People hyphenated the word "typewriter" more often in the past."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Written with a hyphen.

    "Some dictionaries list hyphenated words as though they contained no punctuation."

  2. 2
    Of a person, considered to have more than one nationality or ethnicity (such as French-Canadian, Afro-Argentine, etc.).

    "[The Community Newspaper] is one of the many symbolic emblems that stand for the other half of the hyphenated American’s identity."

Synonyms

All synonyms
double-barrelled

Example

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"Which is correct: solid, open, or hyphenated?"

Related phrases

hyphenated Americanafro argentinefrench canadian

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