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en-dash

en-dash is the alternative form of en dash.

Meaning of en dash

Noun

en dash (plural en dashes)

  1. The punctuation mark –, which is used, for instance, to indicate a range.
    Synonyms:
    en rule, n-rule, nut dash

Forms of en-dash

pluralen-dashes
alternative formen dash
alternative formendash

Questions about en-dash

What is en-dash the alternative form of?
En-dash is the alternative form of en dash.

Words near en-dash in the dictionary

  1. En'bulufushi
  2. en-
  3. en- -en
  4. en-Can
  5. en-caul
  6. en-dash
  7. en-masse
  8. En-p'ing
  9. en-papillote
  10. en-route
  11. En-shih

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Adapted from Wiktionary: en-dash (page history and authors); en dash (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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