Hyphenation of elective

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

elec-tive

Definitions of elective:

1.	A course that the student can select from among alternatives
2.	Subject to popular election Elective official
3.	Not compulsory Elective surgery An elective course of study

Synonyms of elective:

adj	elective, elected, electoral, nonappointive
adj	optional

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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.