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Synonyms for hyphens

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahy-fuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaɪ fən

Top 10 synonyms for hyphens
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Définition of hyphens

Origin :
  • 1620s, from Late Latin hyphen, from Greek hyphen "mark joining two syllables or words," probably indicating how they were to be sung, noun use of an adverb meaning "together, in one," literally "under one," from hypo "under" (see sub-) + hen, neuter of heis "one."
  • As in joint : noun intersection, juncture
Example sentences :
  • The breaks have been restored in this e-text, retaining the slashes and all hyphens.
  • Extract from : « The Library of William Congreve » by John C. Hodges
  • In the Ode, all dashes were printed as groups of 2-5 hyphens.
  • Extract from : « A Pindarick Ode on Painting » by Thomas Morrison
  • Variations in the use of hyphens have been retained as in the original.
  • Extract from : « The Son of Monte Christo » by Jules Lermina
  • Those meals are hyphens between his mind and his body, as it were.
  • Extract from : « The Thing from the Lake » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • A country with over a hundred hyphens cannot fulfil its highest destiny.
  • Extract from : « The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit » by Ralph Waldo Trine
  • There are numerous sections and words in which hyphens are omitted.
  • Extract from : « Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable » by Jean S. Remy
  • Hyphens, accent marks, and remaining punctuation were standardized.
  • Extract from : « Long Will » by Florence Converse
  • Punctuation, use of hyphens, and accent marks were standardized.
  • Extract from : « The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Vol. XLIX » by Various
  • Inconsistent use of hyphens and punctuation were left unchanged.
  • Extract from : « Getting Gold » by J. C. F. Johnson
  • Inconsistencies in the use of hyphens has been addressed where possible.
  • Extract from : « The Gnomes of the Saline Mountains » by Anna Goldmark Gross

Antonyms for hyphens

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