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Hyphenation for “capital”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “capital”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "capital" because otherwise it would be too long and would no longer fit on one line. This separation not only saves space it improves the visually flow of the text. This word separation exists in most languages. In English, the word separation of “capital” is based on the speech syllables. The separating syllable in linguistics is therefore the smallest group of sounds in the natural flow of speech. As a separator, the classic hyphen is usually used: „capital“ ⟶ „cap-i-tal“.

Hyphens are occasionally used to denote syllabification, as in syl-la-bi-fi-ca-tion. Various British and North American dictionaries use an interpunct, sometimes called a "middle dot" or "hyphenation point", for this purpose, as in syl·la·bi·fi·ca·tion. This allows the hyphen to be reserved only for places where a hard hyphen is intended (for example, self-con·scious, un·self-con·scious, long-stand·ing). Similarly, hyphens may be used to indicate how a word is being or should be spelled. For example, W-O-R-D spells "word".

Definitions of "capital"

capital >> /ˈkæpədl/

Definition: [noun] The most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.A place associated more than any other with a specified activity or product.
Example: Warsaw is the capital of Poland

Synonyms of "capital"

first city | most important city | seat of government | centre of administration |

Definition: [noun] Wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing.
Example: rates of return on invested capital were high

Synonyms of "capital"

money | finance | finances | funds | the wherewithal | the means | assets | wealth | resources | reserves | deep pockets | stock | principal |

Definition: [noun] A letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names.
Example: he wrote the name in capitals

Synonyms of "capital"

capital letter | upper-case letter | block capital |

Definition: [adjective] (of an offense or charge) liable to the death penalty.
Example: murder was a capital crime

Definition: [adjective] (of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.
Example: Assuming the piece is publishable, my name will be in there with a few names with a capital N.

Synonyms of "capital"

upper-case | block |

Definition: [adjective] Excellent.

Definition: [exclamation] Used to express approval, satisfaction, or delight.