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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
Toni Morrison

Meaning of "hyphenate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPHENATE

hyphenate  [ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPHENATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hyphenate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hyphenate in English.

WHAT DOES HYPHENATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hyphenate in the English dictionary

The definition of hyphenate in the dictionary is to separate with a hyphen.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HYPHENATE

PRESENT

Present
I hyphenate
you hyphenate
he/she/it hyphenates
we hyphenate
you hyphenate
they hyphenate
Present continuous
I am hyphenating
you are hyphenating
he/she/it is hyphenating
we are hyphenating
you are hyphenating
they are hyphenating
Present perfect
I have hyphenated
you have hyphenated
he/she/it has hyphenated
we have hyphenated
you have hyphenated
they have hyphenated
Present perfect continuous
I have been hyphenating
you have been hyphenating
he/she/it has been hyphenating
we have been hyphenating
you have been hyphenating
they have been hyphenating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I hyphenated
you hyphenated
he/she/it hyphenated
we hyphenated
you hyphenated
they hyphenated
Past continuous
I was hyphenating
you were hyphenating
he/she/it was hyphenating
we were hyphenating
you were hyphenating
they were hyphenating
Past perfect
I had hyphenated
you had hyphenated
he/she/it had hyphenated
we had hyphenated
you had hyphenated
they had hyphenated
Past perfect continuous
I had been hyphenating
you had been hyphenating
he/she/it had been hyphenating
we had been hyphenating
you had been hyphenating
they had been hyphenating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hyphenate
you will hyphenate
he/she/it will hyphenate
we will hyphenate
you will hyphenate
they will hyphenate
Future continuous
I will be hyphenating
you will be hyphenating
he/she/it will be hyphenating
we will be hyphenating
you will be hyphenating
they will be hyphenating
Future perfect
I will have hyphenated
you will have hyphenated
he/she/it will have hyphenated
we will have hyphenated
you will have hyphenated
they will have hyphenated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hyphenating
you will have been hyphenating
he/she/it will have been hyphenating
we will have been hyphenating
you will have been hyphenating
they will have been hyphenating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would hyphenate
you would hyphenate
he/she/it would hyphenate
we would hyphenate
you would hyphenate
they would hyphenate
Conditional continuous
I would be hyphenating
you would be hyphenating
he/she/it would be hyphenating
we would be hyphenating
you would be hyphenating
they would be hyphenating
Conditional perfect
I would have hyphenate
you would have hyphenate
he/she/it would have hyphenate
we would have hyphenate
you would have hyphenate
they would have hyphenate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hyphenating
you would have been hyphenating
he/she/it would have been hyphenating
we would have been hyphenating
you would have been hyphenating
they would have been hyphenating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hyphenate
we let´s hyphenate
you hyphenate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hyphenate
Past participle
hyphenated
Present Participle
hyphenating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPHENATE


alienate
ˈeɪljəˌneɪt
alternate
ˈɔːltəˌneɪt
arsenate
ˈɑːsəˌneɪt
carbonate
ˈkɑːbəˌneɪt
cyanate
ˈsaɪəˌneɪt
detonate
ˈdɛtəˌneɪt
emanate
ˈɛməˌneɪt
gluconate
ˈɡluːkəˌneɪt
hibernate
ˈhaɪbəˌneɪt
impersonate
ɪmˈpɜːsəˌneɪt
lignosulfonate
ˌlɪɡnəʊˈsʌlfəˌneɪt
malonate
ˈmæləˌneɪt
polycarbonate
ˌpɒlɪˈkɑːbəˌneɪt
propionate
ˈprəʊpɪəˌneɪt
resonate
ˈrɛzəˌneɪt
serenate
ˈserəˌneɪt
sulfonate
ˈsʌlfəˌneɪt
sulfone
ˈsʌlfəˌneɪt
sulphonate
ˈsʌlfəˌneɪt
sultanate
ˈsʌltəˌneɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPHENATE

hypester
hypesthesia
hypesthesic
hypethral
hypha
hyphae
hyphal
hyphemia
hyphen
hyphen help
hyphenated
hyphenation
hyphenic
hyphenisation
hyphenism
hyphenization
hyphenless
hyphy
hyping
hypinosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPHENATE

catechumenate
catenate
concatenate
crenate
dehydrogenate
deoxygenate
donate
enate
halogenate
homogenate
hydrogenate
incatenate
lead arsenate
miscegenate
oxygenate
pantothenate
phenate
rejuvenate
selenate
senate
venenate

Synonyms and antonyms of hyphenate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hyphenate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPHENATE

Find out the translation of hyphenate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hyphenate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hyphenate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

断字
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la separación silábica
570 millions of speakers

English

hyphenate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hyphenate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الواصلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

расстановка переносов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hyphenate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাইফেন দেত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

un trait d´union
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hyphenate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Silbentrennung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハイフンでつなぐ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하이픈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hyphenate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm dấu ngang giưa hai chư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறு கோடிட்டு ஒன்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हायफनेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tire koymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hyphenate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Dzielenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розстановка переносів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

despărți în silabe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συλλαβίσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koppelteken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Avstava
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Orddeling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hyphenate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPHENATE»

The term «hyphenate» is regularly used and occupies the 83.825 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPHENATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hyphenate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hyphenate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hyphenate

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «HYPHENATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hyphenate.
1
Toni Morrison
In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPHENATE»

Discover the use of hyphenate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hyphenate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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To Hyphenate Or Not to Hyphenate: The Italian/American ...
The Hyphenate Writer Within the general discourse of American literature, Daniel Aaron seems to be one of the first to have dealt with the notion of hyphenation.19 For him, the hyphen initially represented older North Americans' hesitation to ...
Anthony Julian Tamburri, 1991
2
Take Command of Your Writing
Hyphenate compound numbers from 21 to 99 when they are spelled out. He has been missing for twenty-three days. Hyphenate compound adjectives containing a number. The four-year- old boy was last seen playing in front of his parents' ...
Jill Meryl Levy, 1998
3
iWork '09: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual
The Hyphenate checkbox at the bottom of the Document Inspector turns automatic hyphenation on or off for the entire document. This tells Pages to squeeze as much text as possible onto each line by hyphenating words and splitting them ...
Josh Clark, 2009
4
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 For Dummies
To fit more text in a given space or to make justified text easier to read, you can have Publisher hyphenate your text, by automatically breaking words in two at line endings. This process is automated, so Publisher continually removes and adds ...
Jim McCarter, Jacqui Salerno Mabin, 2011
5
Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Word 2003
Figure 8.27 Use this dialog box to set and control hyphenation. r 'Automaticaly hyphenate document' fi> Hyphenate words in £AP5 4. Set the Hyphenation Zone. The larger the zone, the fewer hyphens Word will insert, hut the more ragged ...
Bill Camarda, 2004
6
InDesign CS5 For Dummies
To have InDesign automatically hyphenate selected paragraphs, all you have to do is check the Hyphenate check box in the Paragraph panel or Control panel. ( Remember that in the Paragraph panel, the Hyphenate check box appears only if  ...
Galen Gruman, 2010
7
Exploring Adobe InDesign CS4
Turn off hyphenation for the whole document by deselecting “Hyphenate” in the Hyphenation Settings dialog box. Automatic hyphenation is active as an InDesign default. For some documents you will want to turn automatic hyphenation off.
Terry Rydberg, 2008
8
Office 2008 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual: The Missing ...
Before clicking OK, be sure to review the following hyphenation settings: • Turning off “Hyphenate words in CAPS,” leaves your acronyms whole; that's probably what you want it to do. • The “Hyphenation zone” is the amount of space allowed ...
Jim Elferdink, 2008
9
Adobe Indesign CS3: The Professional Portfolio
Uncheck the Hyphenate option and click OK. Hfi CWmn for- it CM Chirncwy ' 1 Paragraph Style Options Style Name Heading Hyphenation _ Hyphenate Words with at Least S After First. 2 Before Last: 2 Hyphen Limit I Hyphenation Zone 0.5 i  ...
Erika Kendra, Kendra/Poyssick, 2008
10
Sams Teach Yourself HTML5 Mobile Application Development in ...
The default is manual, but you can change it to none, auto, or all: hyphens: auto; . hyphenate-character—The character string to show between parts of hyphenated words: hyphenate-character: “\2010”; . hyphenate-limit-zone—This is a ...
Jennifer Kyrnin, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPHENATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hyphenate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Amazing Grace' Broadway Review: New Musical Offers Beloved …
Regarding “Amazing Grace,” multi-hyphenate Christopher Smith can be credited for not bringing yet another movie or comic-book adaptation to ... «TheWrap, Jul 15»
2
Lilli Chuck Cooper - TheaterMania.com
As for middle child Alex, though he's not specifically in theater, he is a multi-hyphenate musician-actor-artist. In a recent conversation with ... «TheaterMania.com, Jul 15»
3
Caitlyn Jenner the talk of the evening at the odd, blingy but …
In any case, Bruce-Caitlyn Jenner is America's most sensational hyphenate and the talk of the evening. I'm OK with it, why shouldn't I be? «West Point Tidewater Review, Jul 15»
4
Jessica Simpson Wears White Swimsuit And The Result Is Total …
Simpson is the ultimate multi-hyphenate, since she has been a singer, dancer, actress, designer, reality show star, mother of two, and more! There is a reason ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
5
Ex-Etiquette
Some mothers -- and now fathers, as well -- hyphenate their last name when they marry. That's a possibility you may want to consider. «NWAOnline, Jul 15»
6
What's In Your Name?
Other women hyphenate their own name with their husbands' names, so that when Jane Jones marries Steve Smith, Jane becomes Jane ... «Up & Coming Weekly, Jul 15»
7
'The Jim Gaffigan Show': TV Review - The Hollywood Reporter
Jim Gaffigan takes what's worked before (most recently for Louis C.K. and his multi-hyphenate F/X effort Louie) and does ... very little that's new. «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
8
Music on TV: Denis Leary Brings Humor and Heart to - WSJ Blogs …
Putting the term “multi-hyphenate” to shame, the “Rescue Me” alum is the creator, executive producer, writer and star of this FX show that ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
9
Watch Episode 2 of Berlin-Set Web Series 'Polyglot' (Trials …
... and self-taught filmmaker, Amelia Umuhire, with the goal being to “explore the multi-hyphenate identities of young creatives of color in Berlin. «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
10
FIRST LISTEN: Christophe Beck's Official ANT-MAN Theme Song
... Men," Marvel's "Iron Man 2") and Gregg Turkington ("The Comedy," "On Cinema") and multi-hyphenate T.I. ("American Gangster," "Takers"). «Broadway World, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hyphenate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hyphenate>. Apr 2024 ».
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