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en dashes

en dashes is the plural 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

Questions about en dashes

What is en dashes the plural of?
En dashes is the plural of en dash.

Words near en dashes in the dictionary

  1. en clair
  2. en coup de sabre
  3. en creux
  4. en croix
  5. en dash
  6. en dashes
  7. en echelon
  8. en face
  9. en famille
  10. en femme
  11. en flute

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Adapted from Wiktionary: en dashes (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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