Hyphens
Hyphens are a form of dash (-) which we use between words or parts of words. …

hyphen | American Dictionary

hyphen
noun[ C ]
us/ˈhɑɪ·fən/
the mark (-) used in writing to join two words together, or between the syllables of a word when it is divided at the end of a line of text

hyphenate

verb[ T ]us/ˈhɑɪ·fəˌneɪt/
She hyphenates her first name, Anne-Marie.

Examples of hyphen

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Hyphenation can be seen as a classification task, which decides, for instance, for each character whether it is preceded by a hyphen or not.
Note that according to the maximal onset rule, the hyphen would have been placed in front of the s to begin with.
It accepts the use of hyphens in duties amalgamated words where they cannot be easily run together.
There are many typos, probable misspellings, hyphens in words where none belong, repeated lines of text, and missing words.
Case-marking labels for the first and the second noun are separated by a hyphen.
What is instructive is that two of the advertisements in a set chosen at random contain no hyphens at all.
This hyphen has been added for the sake of clarity.
A dot indicates identity with base on top line, and a hyphen, gaps.
Is the end of the hyphen in sight?
The hyphen indicates the separation between the two lexical items that form the compound.
Adjectives formed from two or more words only need a hyphen where the sense demands it, so deputy general secretary is acceptable.
Lexical analysis of the text in order to deal with digits, hyphens, punctuation marks and the case of letters.
A single rule corresponds to a transducer which interchanges characters and hyphens or, alternatively, changes digits.
Transcriptions of signs in the same glyph group are connected by hyphens.
They are the people best placed to restore the original, unobtrusive hyphen to its useful function.
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