Definition of HYPHEN. Meaning of HYPHEN. Synonyms of HYPHEN

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Definition of HYPHEN

Hyphen
Hyphen Hy"phen, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? under one, into one, together, fr. ? under + ?, neut. of ? one. See Hypo-.] (Print.) A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.
Hyphen
Hyphen Hy"phen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hyphened; p. pr. & vb. n. Hyphening.] To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.

Meaning of HYPHEN from wikipedia

- The hyphen ‐ is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen is...
- The hyphen-minus symbol - is the form of hyphen most commonly used in digital do****ents. On most keyboards, it is the only character that resembles a...
- to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the en dash –, generally longer than the hyphen but shorter...
- Look up hyphen or - in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The hyphen is a punctuation mark. Hyphen may also refer to: Hyphen-minus (-), one computer character...
- Hyphen Hyphen is a French electropop band from Nice, consisting of members Santa, Line and Adam. They have released three studio albums — Times, HH, and...
- HYPHEN is an international architectural practice with offices in Europe and Latin America. The company specializes in the retail, workplace, data center...
- In computing and typesetting, a soft hyphen (Unicode U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN (­)) or syllable hyphen, is a code point reserved in some coded character sets...
- the double hyphen ⹀ is a punctuation mark that consists of two parallel hyphens (‐). It was a development of the earlier double oblique hyphen ⸗, which...
- since 2009 for being the singer of the English-speaking rock group Hyphen Hyphen, she found solo success singing in French in 2022 with the EP 999 from...
- Hyphen is an American print and online magazine, founded in 2002 by a group of San Francisco Bay Area journalists, activists, and artists including Melissa...