[
US
/ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt/
]
[ UK /hˈaɪfənˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /hˈaɪfənˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
-
divide or connect with a hyphen
hyphenate these words and names
How To Use hyphenate In A Sentence
- We both really wanted to have the same last name, however, so we did a double last name, unhyphenated.
- I think I will have a hyphenated name, she thought, when I get married. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1)
- We did a computer search for all the hyphenated words.
- I do not want to hyphenate my name, because it would be too long.
- `Any special instructions regarding the woman with the hyphenated name? MURDER IN E MINOR
- Until last week when his divorce was completed, Klingler's last name hyphenated to include Desai's.
- In my experience, all women with hyphenated names are cows by default, but Emma-Kate was just terrible.
- Her name is hyphenated and her britches are big so she's announced her candidacy for mayor of St. Mary's Point, Minnesota.
- Only one-word unhyphenated whole numbers are permitted, and no number may be repeated.
- I was about to take my colleague to task for failing to hyphenate ‘best known’ when using it as a compound adjective.