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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•phen•at•ed (hī′fə nā′tid),USA pronunciation adj. [Informal.]- Informal Termsof, pertaining to, or designating a person, group, or organization of mixed origin or identity:an Irish-American club and other hyphenated organizations.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hyphenated /ˈhaɪfəˌneɪtɪd/ adj - containing or linked with a hyphen
- chiefly US having a nationality denoted by a hyphenated word, as in American-Irish
hy•phen•ate /ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt/USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing, adj., n. v. [~ + object] - to join by a hyphen:How do you decide whether to hyphenate two words, or to spell them as two separate words?
- to write or divide with a hyphen.
adj. - hyphenated.
n. [countable] - a person working in more than one craft or occupation:She was a hyphenate who had gained fame as a writer-director-producer.
- a person of mixed national origin or identity:A Korean-American is a hyphenate.
hy•phen•a•tion /ˌhaɪfəˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hy•phen•ate (v. hī′fə nāt′;adj., n. hī′fə nit, -nāt′),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing, adj., n. v.t. - to join by a hyphen.
- to write or divide with a hyphen.
adj. - of or pertaining to something of distinct form or origin that has been joined;
connected by a hyphen.
n. - [Informal.]a person working or excelling in more than one craft or occupation:He's a film-industry hyphenate, usually listed as a writer-director-producer.
hy′phen•a′tion, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hyphenate /ˈhaɪfəˌneɪt/, hyphen vb - (transitive) to separate (syllables, words, etc) with a hyphen
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