English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “criticisms”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for criticisms is crit-i-cisms, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
crit-i-cisms
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result cri-ti-cisms The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordcriticisms
Hyphenationcrit-i-cisms
Break points2
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˈkrɪtɪsɪz(ə)m/
Meaning & usage

What does “criticisms” mean?

criticisms: The expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes.

Headwordcriticism
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˈkrɪtɪsɪz(ə)m/
1
noun

The expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes.

Example: “he received a lot of criticism”

2
noun

The analysis and judgement of the merits and faults of a literary or artistic work.

Example: “alternative methods of criticism supported by well-developed literary theories”

Word breaks

How “criticisms” is split

crit·i·cisms

For US English, the hyphenation result is crit-i-cisms. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns cri-ti-cisms.

Quick answers

Questions about “criticisms”

How do you hyphenate “criticisms”?

In the US-English result used here, criticisms is hyphenated as crit-i-cisms.

Where can “criticisms” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “criticisms” mean?

The expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes.

Can you use “criticisms” in a sentence?

“he received a lot of criticism”

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