Usually means: Connecting words or syllables together.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word hyphenating:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. hyphenating: Merriam-Webster
  2. hyphenating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hyphenating: Vocabulary.com
  4. hyphenating: Wordnik
  5. hyphenating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hyphenating: Wiktionary
  7. hyphenating: Dictionary.com
  8. hyphenating: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. hyphenating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hyphenating: Legal dictionary

(Note: See hyphenate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hyphenate)

verb:  (transitive) to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
verb:  (transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen.
noun:  A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
noun:  A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".
▸ Also see hyphenate


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