hyphenate

hyphenate
hyphen, hyphenate, verbs.
Both words mean ‘to spell (a word or phrase) with a hyphen’. This book uses hyphen, following the practice of the successive OED editors C. T. Onions and R. W. Burchfield, although hyphenate is more common in general usage.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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  • hyphenate — [hī′fə nāt΄; ] for adj. [, hī′fənit, hī′fənāt΄] vt. hyphenated, hyphenating 1. to connect or separate by a hyphen 2. to write or print with a hyphen adj. hyphenated n. [< the use of hyphens to separate job titles] a person who has more than… …   English World dictionary

  • hyphenate — index connect (join together) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • hyphenate — (v.) 1881, from HYPHEN (Cf. hyphen) + ATE (Cf. ate) (2). The earlier verb was simply hyphen (1814). Related: Hyphenated; hyphenating. Hyphenated American is attested from 1889 …   Etymology dictionary

  • hyphenate — ► VERB ▪ write or separate with a hyphen. DERIVATIVES hyphenation noun …   English terms dictionary

  • hyphenate — UK [ˈhaɪfəneɪt] / US [ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms hyphenate : present tense I/you/we/they hyphenate he/she/it hyphenates present participle hyphenating past tense hyphenated past participle hyphenated to join words or… …   English dictionary

  • hyphenate — hyphenation, n. v. /huy feuh nayt /; adj., n. /huy feuh nit, nayt /, v., hyphenated, hyphenating, adj., n. v.t. 1. to join by a hyphen. 2. to write or divide with a hyphen. adj. 3. of or pertaining to something of distinct form or origin that has …   Universalium

  • hyphenate — hy•phen•ate v. [[t]ˈhaɪ fəˌneɪt[/t]] adj., n. [[t] nɪt, ˌneɪt[/t]] v. at•ed, at•ing, adj. n. 1) to join by a hyphen 2) to write or divide with a hyphen 3) hyphenated 4) cvb a person working in more than one craft or occupation: a hyphenate in the …   From formal English to slang

  • hyphenate — I. transitive verb ( ated; ating) Date: circa 1889 to connect (as two words) or divide (as a word at the end of a line of print) with a hyphen • hyphenation noun II. noun Etymology: from the hyphens in the titles of such people, as producer… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hyphenate — 1. verb a) To break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line. b) To join words or syllables with a hyphen. 2. noun A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as writer director …   Wiktionary

  • Hyphenate — Писать через дефис; Делать перенос …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

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