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name hyphen

1. Joins the components of compounds.
   1. Joins the components of coordinative compounds, with equal components.

      secretary‐general; yellow‐green; a here‐today‐gone‐tomorrow attitude; kitchen‐dinette‐office

      Synonyms: and, hyphen, -hyphen-, cum, -cum-, /, slash

   2. Joins the components of subordinative compounds, with a dominant component or head.

      a has‐been; cholesterol‐free; short‐changing

2. Joins prefixes and suffixes according to stylistic rules, often to avoid confusion in pronunciation or meaning.

   X-ing

   2 more examples

   ultra‐ambitious

   I must re‐press the shirt.

   Synonyms: ·, ◌̈

3. Connects words in a compound modifier according to various stylistic rules.

   real‐world examples

4. InternetUsed as sentence-final punctuation.