Associations to the word «Hyphenate»

Wiktionary

HYPHENATE, 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.
HYPHENATE, verb. (transitive) To join words or syllables with a hyphen.
HYPHENATE, noun. A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".

Dictionary definition

HYPHENATE, verb. Divide or connect with a hyphen; "hyphenate these words and names".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope