[VN] to join two words together using a hyphen; to divide a word between two lines of text using a hyphen:
Is your name hyphenated?
hyphenation noun [U]:
hyphenation rules
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is hyphenate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hyphenate is tagged as verb.
Does hyphenate appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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