Hyphenation of deletion

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

dele-tion

Definitions of deletion:

1.	Any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
2.	(genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome
3.	The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage An editor's deletions frequently upset young authors Both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
4.	The act of deleting something written or printed

Synonyms of deletion:

noun	omission, linguistic process
noun	excision, cut, editing, redaction
noun	removal, remotion

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.