Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The formation of syllables; especially, the division of a word into its constituent syllabic parts in writing and printing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See
Guide to Pron. , §275.
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- noun The act of
syllabifying ;syllabification .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun forming or dividing words into syllables
Etymologies
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Examples
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I decided to give the writer a pass on his over-syllabication because I hadn't done nearly enough research on this bill.
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Write 10 words frequently mispronounced andindicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
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Mr. Fairbain did well and actually seemed to be enjoying himself until syllabication did him in.
The View from Saturday E. L. Konigsburg 1996
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Gigantic white birds fly from beyond the white curtain, screaming the eternal "Teke-li-li, tekeli-li" -- a syllabication that dies away on the lips of the islander as his soul finally, on that last terrible day, leaves his body.
A Strange Discovery Charles Romyn Dake
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Then indicate what words are to be defined, and insist upon the proper syllabication, accent, marking of letters, etc.
New National Fourth Reader J. Marshall Hawkes
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It is good that these words came just here to wall themselves before the torrent that might not have been stayed until I had laid the mountain of my thought upon the sycophantic syllabication that the world loves to "lip" unto the world, -- the false world, that, blinded, blinds to blinder blindness those that fain would behold.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various
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_All new words of special difficulty, at the heads of the lessons_, having their syllabication, accent, and pronunciation indicated according to Webster.
New National Fourth Reader J. Marshall Hawkes
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In the United States the prevailing purpose of syllabication is to indicate pronunciation.
Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois Elmer W. Cavins
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Rules for the division of words at the ends of lines, with remarks on spelling, syllabication and pronunciation.
The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters 1900
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Rules for the division of words at the ends of lines, with remarks on spelling, syllabication and pronunciation. 42 pp.; 70 review questions.
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