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hyphenate
[ verb hahy-fuh-neyt; adjective noun hahy-fuh-nit, -neyt ]
verb (used with object)
adjective
- of or relating to something of distinct form or origin that has been joined; connected by a hyphen.
noun
- Informal. a person working or excelling in more than one craft or occupation:
He's a film-industry hyphenate, usually listed as a writer-director-producer.
hyphenate
/ ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt /
verb
- tr to separate (syllables, words, etc) with a hyphen
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Derived Forms
- ˌhyphenˈation, noun
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Other Words From
- hyphen·ation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hyphenate1
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Example Sentences
The idea of the multi-hyphenate creator was something that came after I had started working in this industry, so it was eye-opening and exciting that all of these avenues were available to me to express myself.
Rihanna is the poster child for the millennial multi-hyphenate.
For the contemporary sports superstar as multi-hyphenate, Jordan is the blueprint and he’s set the bar high.
Unlike Gibson, Tom Cruise is not a multi-hyphenate who can retreat behind the camera.
Index entries tend to not hyphenate words that are unhyphenated in the text.
Frequently the printer made an mistake and forgot to hyphenate all or part of a word.
Hyphenate compounds of great in phrases indicating degrees of descent; great-grandmother, great-great-grandfather.
Hyphenate compounds of life and world; life-history, world-influence, but (by exception) lifetime.
Hyphenate compounds of master; master-builder, master-stroke, but (by exception) masterpiece.
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