hyphen
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q180309}}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.
- {{lb|en|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
- {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To [[separate]] or [[punctuate]] with a [[#Noun|hyphen]]; to [[hyphenate]].
Conjunction
- {{senseid|en|used as coordinator}} {{ng|Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-"}}.
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