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Rarehyphenate
The correct spelling is hyphenate.
How to pronounce hyphenate
noun
IPA: /ˈhʌɪf(ə)neɪt/
Say it like: Hyf-ena-te
The correct spelling is hyphenate. A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
- 2.A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".
verb
- 1.To break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
- 2.To join words or syllables with a hyphen.
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