Hyphen
noun
A symbol (-) used to join two words together, or to show that a word has been split at the end of a line.
The word 'mother-in-law' is hyphenated.
Often appears as...
- hyphenated words
- use a hyphen
verb
To join two words together or to show that a word is split at the end of a line using a hyphen.
I decided to hyphenate 'well-being' in my sentence for clarity.
Often appears as...
- hyphenate the words
- need to hyphenate
noun
A symbol (-) used to join two words together, or to show that a word has been split at the end of a line.
The word 'mother-in-law' is hyphenated.
Often appears as...
- hyphenated words
- use a hyphen
verb
To join two words together or to show that a word is split at the end of a line using a hyphen.
I decided to hyphenate 'well-being' in my sentence for clarity.
Often appears as...
- hyphenate the words
- need to hyphenate
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Compound Words
Use a hyphen to create new words that combine meanings, such as 'part-time' or 'editor-in-chief'.
She has a 'full-time' job.
Pro Tip 2/3Word Division
A hyphen is used when a long word doesn't fully fit at the end of a line and splits onto the next.
A long word may be hyphen- ated if it reaches the margin.
Pro Tip 3/3Prefixes/Suffixes
Hyphens connect prefixes like 'ex-', 'non-', or 'post-' and suffixes like '-elect' to root words.
The 'ex-president' attended the meeting.
Pro Tip 1/3Compound Words
Use a hyphen to create new words that combine meanings, such as 'part-time' or 'editor-in-chief'.
She has a 'full-time' job.
Pro Tip 2/3Word Division
A hyphen is used when a long word doesn't fully fit at the end of a line and splits onto the next.
A long word may be hyphen- ated if it reaches the margin.
Pro Tip 3/3Prefixes/Suffixes
Hyphens connect prefixes like 'ex-', 'non-', or 'post-' and suffixes like '-elect' to root words.
The 'ex-president' attended the meeting.
Pro Tip 1/3Compound Words
Use a hyphen to create new words that combine meanings, such as 'part-time' or 'editor-in-chief'.
She has a 'full-time' job.
Pro Tip 2/3Word Division
A hyphen is used when a long word doesn't fully fit at the end of a line and splits onto the next.
A long word may be hyphen- ated if it reaches the margin.
Pro Tip 3/3Prefixes/Suffixes
Hyphens connect prefixes like 'ex-', 'non-', or 'post-' and suffixes like '-elect' to root words.
The 'ex-president' attended the meeting.
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Video examples
Michael Rain: What it's...
I created this space to be a cyberhome for many of us who are misunderstood in our different home countries. There are millions of Enodis who use hyphens to connect their countries of origin with their various homes in the US
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Video examples
Michael Rain: What it's...
I created this space to be a cyberhome for many of us who are misunderstood in our different home countries. There are millions of Enodis who use hyphens to connect their countries of origin with their various homes in the US
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 288 PIPE...
have got very beautiful spiral horns kudos males are one of the best good-looking males in the world these animals are so very huge unbelievable same animal huge like this can be able to jump four meters hyphens sometimes
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Quote examples
Ami Bera
American Politician
Our nation is built upon a history of immigration, dating back to our first pioneers, the Pilgrims. For more than three centuries, we have welcomed generations of immigrants to our melting pot of hyphenated America: British-Americans; Italian-Americans; Irish-Americans; Jewish-Americans; Mexican-Americans; Chinese-Americans; Indian-Americans.
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Mona Eltahawy
Egyptian Journalist
As an Egyptian-American, I want both sides of that hyphen to enjoy the forms of freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, as I want both sides of that hyphen to move beyond the deceptive simplicity of the question, 'Why do they hate us?
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Margaret Stohl
American Author
Everyone reads Harper Lee personally. For me, 'Mockingbird' was about admitting my own hyphenated identity - about loving and hating my world, about both belonging and not belonging to the community I came from.
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Tom Weston-Jones
English Actor
The 'Weston' is actually my middle name. I hyphenated it because I really wasn't willing to go out in the acting world as 'Tom Jones,' 'cause I'm Welsh as well, so the connotation is just ridiculous.
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Tamlyn Tomita
Japanese Actress
We can serve as bridges, we who identify as hyphenated Americans, because we are all global citizens, and that's why being cognizant of our histories is important.
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Bob Dole
American Politician
I just consider myself a Republican, none of this hyphenated stuff. I was a mainstream conservative Republican, and most people are in that category.
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Ron Paul
American Politician
You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
I exist in this hyphen. I'm an Indian-American-Muslim kid, but am I more Indian, or am I more American? What part of my identity am I?
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Carlos Beruff
American Businessman
Some call me a Cuban hyphen American. I reject that. I don't believe in hyphenated Americans.
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Neil Blumenthal
American Businessman
The key to an ideal workplace, in one hyphenated word, is this: self-awareness.
Quote examples
Ami Bera
American Politician
Our nation is built upon a history of immigration, dating back to our first pioneers, the Pilgrims. For more than three centuries, we have welcomed generations of immigrants to our melting pot of hyphenated America: British-Americans; Italian-Americans; Irish-Americans; Jewish-Americans; Mexican-Americans; Chinese-Americans; Indian-Americans.
Quote examples
Mona Eltahawy
Egyptian Journalist
As an Egyptian-American, I want both sides of that hyphen to enjoy the forms of freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, as I want both sides of that hyphen to move beyond the deceptive simplicity of the question, 'Why do they hate us?
Quote examples
Margaret Stohl
American Author
Everyone reads Harper Lee personally. For me, 'Mockingbird' was about admitting my own hyphenated identity - about loving and hating my world, about both belonging and not belonging to the community I came from.
Quote examples
Tom Weston-Jones
English Actor
The 'Weston' is actually my middle name. I hyphenated it because I really wasn't willing to go out in the acting world as 'Tom Jones,' 'cause I'm Welsh as well, so the connotation is just ridiculous.
Quote examples
Tamlyn Tomita
Japanese Actress
We can serve as bridges, we who identify as hyphenated Americans, because we are all global citizens, and that's why being cognizant of our histories is important.
Quote examples
Bob Dole
American Politician
I just consider myself a Republican, none of this hyphenated stuff. I was a mainstream conservative Republican, and most people are in that category.
Quote examples
Ron Paul
American Politician
You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.
Quote examples
Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
I exist in this hyphen. I'm an Indian-American-Muslim kid, but am I more Indian, or am I more American? What part of my identity am I?
Quote examples
Carlos Beruff
American Businessman
Some call me a Cuban hyphen American. I reject that. I don't believe in hyphenated Americans.
Quote examples
Neil Blumenthal
American Businessman
The key to an ideal workplace, in one hyphenated word, is this: self-awareness.
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