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hyphened

hyphened is the simple past and past participle of hyphen.

Meaning of hyphen

Verb

hyphen (third-person singular simple present hyphens, present participle hyphening, simple past and past participle hyphened)

  1. (dated, transitive) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.

See all 6 meanings of hyphen

Adjective

hyphened (not comparable)

  1. Marked or connected with a hyphen.

Words formed from hyphened

Questions about hyphened

What does hyphened mean?
Hyphened means marked or connected with a hyphen.
What is hyphened the simple past and past participle of?
Hyphened is the simple past and past participle of hyphen.
What part of speech is hyphened?
Hyphened is an adjective.

Words near hyphened in the dictionary

  1. hyphenating
  2. hyphenation
  3. hyphenations
  4. hyphenator
  5. hyphenators
  6. hyphened
  7. hyphenic
  8. hyphening
  9. hyphenisation
  10. hyphenise
  11. hyphenism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyphened (page history and authors); hyphen (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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