‐ en · PUNCT
Meanings
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(punctuation) Joins the components of compounds. ▸ Joins the components of coordinative compounds, with equal components.
secretary‐general; yellow‐green; a here‐today‐gone‐tomorrow attitude; kitchen‐dinette‐office
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(punctuation) Joins the components of compounds. ▸ Joins the components of subordinative compounds, with a dominant component or head.
a has‐been; cholesterol‐free; short‐changing
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(punctuation) Joins prefixes and suffixes according to stylistic rules, often to avoid confusion in pronunciation or meaning.
I must re‐press the shirt.
ultra‐ambitious
X-ing
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(punctuation) Connects words in a compound modifier according to various stylistic rules.
real‐world examples
- (Internet, punctuation) Used as sentence-final punctuation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hyphen | name | lexicographic |
Relateds
bracket · stroke · period · question mark · quotation marks · curly brackets · full stop · space · square bracket · hyphen · ellipsis · interrobang · Canada) · dash · interpunct · exclamation mark · brace · colon · guillemet · bracket · quotation marks · slash · semicolon · fraction slash · parentheses (US · comma · apostrophe
Synonyms
/ (joining components of coordinative compounds) · -hyphen- (joining components of coordinative compounds) · -cum- (joining components of coordinative compounds) · hyphen (joining components of coordinative compounds) · and (joining components of coordinative compounds) · slash (joining components of coordinative compounds) · cum (joining components of coordinative compounds) · ◌̈ · ·