0 the symbol -, used to join two words together, or to show that a word has been divided into two parts at the end of one line and the beginning of the next:
There are hyphens in "well-to-do".
1 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
Where should I put the hyphen to break the word 'authority'?
There is a hyphen between the two names.
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.
Hyphens are a form of dash (-) which we use between words or parts of words.
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