Hyphenation of lengthening

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

length-en-ing

Definitions of lengthening:

1.	The act of prolonging something There was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks

Synonyms of lengthening:

noun	prolongation, protraction, perpetuation, continuance, continuation

Last hyphenations of this language

lenten fond-blind many-seatedness Nesotragus aloma chelae facelift immaterial nidana CURSIVe Solzhenitsyn virologic predating tastebuds self-disdain koombar Ensembles intervention cathole

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.