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# hyphenation

noun (no plural)

«hyphenation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

The use of a short line (a hyphen, -) to split or join words, such as at the end of a line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyphenation/#m1)

### In the lessons

in books, the rules for dividing words with a hyphen, as in «well-known»

### Examples

- The hyphen shows hyphenation at the end of the line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyphenation/#x1)
- The editor checked the hyphenation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyphenation/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hyphenation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hyphenation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hyphenation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hyphenation.html) on Mova free.