hyphenate
[verb hahy-fuh-neyt; adjective, noun hahy-fuh-nit, -neyt]
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verb (used with object), hy·phen·at·ed, hy·phen·at·ing.
adjective
of or relating to something of distinct form or origin that has been joined; connected by a hyphen.
noun
Informal. a person working or excelling in more than one craft or occupation: He's a film-industry hyphenate, usually listed as a writer-director-producer.
Origin of hyphenate
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Examples from the Web for hyphenate
Historical Examples of hyphenate
Hyphenate the first two words (they really stand for one idea).
Vocal ExpressionKatherine Jewell Everts
For example, the text uses no hyphen on "today" while one of the captions does hyphenate it.
Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and OldJesse Lyman Hurlbut
Index entries tend to not hyphenate words that are unhyphenated in the text.
The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume II (of 2)Hazard Stevens
Hyphenate compounds of great in phrases indicating degrees of descent; great-grandmother, great-great-grandfather.
Compound WordsFrederick W. Hamilton
Hyphenate compounds of life and world; life-history, world-influence, but (by exception) lifetime.
Compound WordsFrederick W. Hamilton
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