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Definition of Hyphenate
1. Verb. Divide or connect with a hyphen. "Hyphenate these words and names"
Generic synonyms: Spell, Write
Derivative terms: Hyphen, Hyphen, Hyphenation, Hyphenation
Definition of Hyphenate
1. Verb. (transitive) 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. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To join words or syllables with a hyphen. ¹
3. Noun. A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hyphenate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyphenate
Literary usage of Hyphenate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Talking Business by John Mantle Clapp, L. N. Andres (1919)
"... etc., talking together, you would probably recognize differences but they
would be comparatively slight. Dialects Coming from " hyphenate " English ..."
2. Language for Men of Affairs (1919)
"... etc., talking together, you would probably recognize differences but they
would be comparatively slight. Dialects Coming from " hyphenate " English ..."
3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"hyphenate, however, is the more common of the two: although long-lived is
hyphenated —Simon 1980 I The entries at I in many usage books—Cook 1985, ..."
4. Bulletin by School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri (1920)
"hyphenate nouns that express a double occupation, as poet- artist. ... Do not
hyphenate such combinations when they follow the noun, as a building near by, ..."
5. The Practice of Journalism: A Treatise on Newspaper-making by Walter Williams, Frank L. Martin (1922)
"hyphenate nouns that express a double occupation, as poet-artist. ... hyphenate such
nouns as passer-by, runner-up. Elect is joined to a title with the ..."
6. Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War by Emmett Jay Scott (1919)
"In fact, the Negro has always proved himself to be 100-per-cent American, without
alien sympathies and without hyphenate allegiance. ..."
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