hyphenate

[ US /ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt/ ]
[ UK /hˈa‍ɪfənˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. divide or connect with a hyphen
    hyphenate these words and names
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How To Use hyphenate In A Sentence

  • When everything is color coded or hyphenated how can we ever get past it?
  • However, the hyphenated identity of African-American came into widespread use during the 1980s, and it encapsulates graphically, on the page and in the mind, the “twoness” that Du Bois describes. W. E. B. Du Bois, Carol Swain, and African-American Duality
  • A new book from the crafter of the hyphenated superbole: "He sleep-otters under small black stones..." and later "illness's knapped letter is ribboned" in the "water-earth, the gonging. Archive 2008-03-01
  • A number and its unit of measurement are hyphenated if they modify another noun.
  • Enlightened Sky Atlantic is that most anxiety-inducing of hyphenates, the comedy-drama. Cable girl: Enlightened
  • As the author concludes, ‘Brazil remains a country where hyphenated ethnicity is predominant yet unacknowledged.’
  • On my credit card, I have the hyphenated version and on my passport, the two names because here in France, even if you take you husband’s name, you birthname is still mentionned on official papers. What’s In A Name? | Her Bad Mother
  • The term penny-wise is hyphenated because it is a compound modifier in which wise means smart, rather than a use of the suffix -wise. Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage
  • However, the hyphenates are a separate and special branch of the species. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 4
  • If she hyphenates her last name or that of their kids .. it's going to one awesome spelling bee for all the customer service people Orszag engaged to ABC News reporter
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