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hyphening

hyphening is the present participle and gerund 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.

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Questions about hyphening

What is hyphening the present participle and gerund of?
Hyphening is the present participle and gerund of hyphen.

Words near hyphening in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyphening (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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