How to pronounce “hyphen”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
• (figuratively) Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.
• Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.
• [Verb]
• (transitive, dated) To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.
• [Conjunction]
• Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-".

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