Hyphenation of commencement

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word commencement? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

com-mence-ment

Definitions of commencement:

1.	The time at which something is supposed to begin They got an early start She knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
2.	An academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred
3.	The act of starting something He was responsible for the beginning of negotiations

Synonyms of commencement:

noun	beginning, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset, point, point in time
noun	commencement exercise, commencement ceremony, graduation, graduation exercise, exercise
noun	beginning, start, change of state

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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.