Hyphenation of punctuation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word punctuation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

punc-tu-a-tion

Definitions of punctuation:

1.	Something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions
2.	The marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
3.	The use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases

Synonyms of punctuation:

noun	interruption, break
noun	punctuation mark, mark
noun	grouping

Last hyphenations of this language

january GPI jingle-jangle fleckier restaurant Thomist snow-on-the-mountain yeomanly gastromyxorrhea Zerubbabel all- unbreakable patchworky overcleanness syntagm ideologic lgk unique tiredness

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.