Hyphenation of application

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word application? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

ap-pli-ca-tion

Definitions of application:

1.	The act of bringing something to bear Using it for a particular purpose He advocated the application of statistics to the problem A novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis
2.	A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school December 31 is the deadline for applications
3.	The work of applying something The doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine A complete bleach requires several applications The surface was ready for a coating of paint
4.	A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task He has tried several different word processing applications
5.	Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin A lotion for dry skin
6.	A diligent effort It is a job requiring serious application
7.	The action of putting something into operation The application of maximum thrust Massage has far-reaching medical applications The application of indexes to tables of data

Synonyms of application:

noun	request, petition, postulation
noun	practical application, use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
noun	application program, applications programme, program, programme, computer program, computer programme
noun	coating, covering, manual labor, manual labour
noun	lotion, remedy, curative, cure
noun	diligence, effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat

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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.