Hyphenation of contest

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

con-test

Definitions of contest :

1.	An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
2.	A struggle between rivals
3.	To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation They contested the outcome of the race

Synonyms of contest :

noun	competition, social event
noun	competition, contention, rivalry
verb	contend, repugn, oppose

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.