Hyphenation of obtains

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

ob-tains

Definitions of obtains:

1.	Come into possession of How did you obtain the visa?
2.	Receive a specified treatment (abstract) These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation His movie received a good review I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
3.	Be valid, applicable, or true This theory still holds

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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.