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Hyphen
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Origin:
1595–1605; < Late Latin < Greek hyphén (adv.) together, derivative of hyph' hén (prepositional phrase), equivalent to hyp(ó) under (see hypo-) + hén, neuter of heîs one
1595–1605; < Late Latin < Greek hyphén (adv.) together, derivative of hyph' hén (prepositional phrase), equivalent to hyp(ó) under (see hypo-) + hén, neuter of heîs one
Related forms
de·hy·phen, verb (used with object)
un·hy·phened, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Game-changing may one day go the way of those, hyphen and all.
- Why your correspondent thought the term needs a hyphen is beyond me.
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World English Dictionary
| hyphen (ˈhaɪfən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the punctuation mark (-), used to separate the parts of some compound words, to link the words of a phrase, and between syllables of a word split between two consecutive lines of writing or printing |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) another word for hyphenate |
| [C17: from Late Latin (meaning: the combining of two words), from Greek huphen (adv) together, from | |
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Word Origin & History
hyphen
c.1620, from L.L. hyphen, from Gk. hyphen "mark joining two syllables or words," probably indicating how they were to be sung, "together, in one," lit. "under one," from hypo "under" (see sub-) + hen, neut. of heis "one."
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Cultural Dictionary
hyphen definition
A punctuation mark (-) used in some compound words, such as self-motivation, seventy-five, and mother-in-law. A hyphen is also used to divide a word at the end of a line of type. Hyphens may appear only between syllables. Thus com-pound is properly hyphenated, but compo-und is not.
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