noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The inclusion of hyphens; especially, the correct locations of hyphens. countable, uncountable

   "Print the article without hyphenation if you're not sure where to put them."

2. 2
   connecting syllables and words by hyphens wordnet
3. 3
   division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page wordnet

Synonyms

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word divisionword division

Example

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"Print the article without hyphenation if you're not sure where to put them."

Etymology

From hyphen + -ation.

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