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Hyphenation for “carrier”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “carrier”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "carrier" 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 “carrier” 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: „carrier“ ⟶ „car-ri-er“.

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 "carrier"

carrier >> /ˈkɛriər/

Definition: [noun] A person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something.
Example: water carriers

Synonyms of "carrier"

bearer | conveyor | transporter |

Definition: [noun] A person or company that undertakes the professional conveyance of goods or people.
Example: Pan Am was the third US carrier to cease operations in 1991

Definition: [noun] A person or animal that transmits a disease-causing organism to others. Typically, the carrier suffers no symptoms of the disease.
Example: the black rat, best known as carrier of bubonic plague

Definition: [noun] A substance used to support or convey another substance such as a pigment, catalyst, or radioactive material.
Example: Use caution when using a nitrogen fertilizer as the carrier in mixtures.