hyphenate
verb/ˈhaɪfəneɪt/
/ˈhaɪfəneɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hyphenate | /ˈhaɪfəneɪt/ /ˈhaɪfəneɪt/ |
| he / she / it hyphenates | /ˈhaɪfəneɪts/ /ˈhaɪfəneɪts/ |
| past simple hyphenated | /ˈhaɪfəneɪtɪd/ /ˈhaɪfəneɪtɪd/ |
| past participle hyphenated | /ˈhaɪfəneɪtɪd/ /ˈhaɪfəneɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form hyphenating | /ˈhaɪfəneɪtɪŋ/ /ˈhaɪfəneɪtɪŋ/ |
- hyphenate something to join two words together using a hyphen; to divide a word between two lines of text using a hyphen
- Is your name hyphenated?
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