hyphenate
Connect with dash
To hyphenate is to connect words or word parts with a hyphen: hyphenate "self-esteem", a hyphenated surname.
Style guides disagree on when to hyphenate compound modifiers, leading to frequent uncertainty: Is it "well known" or "well-known"?
A hyphenate is also a person with a dual professional identity: writer-director, actor-producer.
Division into spoken units
- syllableUnit of pronunciation
- breakInterrupt continuity
- divisionSplitting into parts
- line-breakForced text continuation below
wrap · justification · typesetting · spelling · dictionary · pronunciation · elision · clitic
Combine into mixture
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- connectJoin or link
- fuseProtective melting wire
- joinConnect or enlist
link · merge · unite · conjoin · splice · prefix · suffix · word-formation
Midlength horizontal stroke
- em-dashWide horizontal punctuation mark
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- separatorSomething that divides
- typographyArranging letters for display
orthography · ligature · diacritic · underscore · tilde · ellipsis · apostrophe
Rules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- linguisticsScience of language structure
- derivationalCreating words via affixes
- grammaticalFollowing language rules
participle · modifier · conjunction · adjective · noun · phonetics · lexical · morpheme
syllabification
Division into spoken units
line-break · wrap · justification · typesetting · spelling · dictionary · pronunciation · elision · clitic · inflection
blend
Combine into mixture
join · link · merge · unite · conjoin · splice · prefix · suffix · word-formation · portmanteau
en-dash
Midlength horizontal stroke
typography · orthography · ligature · diacritic · underscore · tilde · ellipsis · apostrophe
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- linguisticsScience of language structure
- derivationalCreating words via affixes
grammatical · participle · modifier · conjunction · adjective · noun · phonetics · lexical · morpheme
hyphenateseparate
To set apart
split · divide · disconnect · space · break apart
- hyphenated identityCombined ancestry descriptor
hyphenation, hyphenated, hyphenating, unhyphenated, hyphenates, hyphenations