Hyphenation of afford

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word afford? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

af-ford

Definitions of afford:

1.	Be able to spare or give up I can't afford to spend two hours with this person
2.	Be the cause or source of He gave me a lot of trouble Our meeting afforded much interesting information
3.	Have the financial means to do something or buy something We can't afford to send our children to college Can you afford this car?
4.	Afford access to The door opens to the patio The French doors give onto a terrace

Synonyms of afford:

verb	spend, expend, drop
verb	yield, give, supply, provide, render, furnish
verb	open, give

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.