hyphen

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For years, egged on by the student newspaper, The Carolinian, an effort to do away with the hyphen was among the biggest issues.

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  1. noun A punctuation mark ( - ) used between the parts of a compound word or name or between the syllables of a word, especially when divided at the end of a line of text.
  2. transitive verb To hyphenate.

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  • Well, a hyphen is considered a space - although the member thinks hyphens are not a space, they are. —  Search Engine Roundtable
  • A dash comes though as itself, nice. two dashes become a hyphen --, a slightly longer dash. —  LinuxQuestions.org
  • Sushi lovers flocked to Uechi's Studio City restaurant Sushi Katsu-ya (note the hyphen, which is what distinguishes it from the trendy Katsuyas) for his fusion-influenced sushi dishes.
  • Definition: A hyphen is an en dash (-) used to join words, as in 'word-joining is easy where hyphens are abundant'. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Since bumper and case stickers operate by making their message apparent at a glance, and that hyphen could be overlooked, someone seeing such a sticker in southern / western Europe is likely to think this sticker is saying "a banjo" - not its intended meaning. —  Mandolin Cafe News
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  1. Late Latin, from Greek huphen, a sign indicating a compound or two words which are to be read as one, from huph' hen, in one : hupo, under; see hypo- + hen, neuter of heis, one; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin hyphen, n. and adverb, from Greek ὑφε\ν, a sign
  2. for joining two syllables or words, also used in music, prob. to indicate that two notes were to be blended together; prop, an adverb, ὑφε\ν, or rather a phrase, ὑφ έν, under one, into one, together, as one word: ὑφ', aspirated form before the rough breathing of ὑπ/, the form before a vowel of ὑπό, under; ἑν, neuter accusative of εἱς, one.
  3. from hyphen, n.
 

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