Used in a Sentence

hyphens

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hyphens.

Editorial note

It doesn't work with standard permalinks that feature hyphens in the url, and none of his examples show links with hyphens.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hyphens gathered in one view.

noun

An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.

noun

(figuratively) Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.

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.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hyphens.

noun

An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.

noun

(figuratively) Something which links two things of greater significance than itself.

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.

noun

Someone who belongs to a marginalized subgroup, and can therefore described by a hyphenated term, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.

Example sentences

1

It doesn't work with standard permalinks that feature hyphens in the url, and none of his examples show links with hyphens.

2

And some hyphens show up as em-dashes in firefox, not sure what the deal is there.

3

The version without the hyphens is descriptive and almost certainly not actually trademarkable.

4

The bank is using safe to spend without the hyphens.

5

Doesn't mean we ought to go crazy with changes, but hey, I like hyphens.

6

So, let's lowercase the node types, use hyphens rather than camelCase, and remove the unnecessary line breaks.

7

There seem to be a number of places where you've changed hyphens to em-dashes.

8

It's far too eager to hyphenate; doesn't protrude hyphens, commas, etc.; and doesn't use TeX-style paragraph-level optimization.

9

Not even counting the numerous cases of white spaces[1], combining characters, non-breaking space, figure space, soft hyphens or zero-width joiners.

10

Most blogs out there (wordpress) are using hyphens in their permalinks.

11

Books with justified text almost always break lines using hyphens.

12

Learn the difference between hyphens, en-dashes, and em-dashes.

Quote examples

1

The fact that it says "murder-for-hire" with hyphens doesn't somehow make it not say "murder".

2

On one hand, the presence of hyphens and subtraction is a tad confusing, but on the other, I find "balance-sheet" to be generally nicer to read than "balanceSheet", so it feels like a tie to me.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hyphens in a sentence?

It doesn't work with standard permalinks that feature hyphens in the url, and none of his examples show links with hyphens.

What does hyphens mean?

An enclosed walkway or passage that connects two buildings.

What part of speech is hyphens?

hyphens is commonly used as noun.