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Hyphenation for “dating”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “dating”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "dating" 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 “dating” 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: „dating“ ⟶ „dat-ing“.

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 "dating"

dating >> /deɪt/

Definition: [verb] Establish or ascertain the date of (an object or event)
Example: they date the paintings to 1460–70

Synonyms of "dating"

assign a date to | ascertain the date of | determine the date of | establish the date of | put a date on | put a date to | ascertain the age of | determine the age of | establish the age of | carbon-date |

Definition: [verb] Reveal (someone) as being old-fashioned.
Example: jazzy—does that word date me?

Definition: [verb] Go out with (someone in whom one is romantically or sexually interested)
Example: a few years ago, I dated the ex of a friend

Synonyms of "dating"

go out with | take out | go around with | go with | be involved with | be romantically linked with | see | court | woo |

Definition: [noun] The day of the month or year as specified by a number.
Example: what's the date today?

Synonyms of "dating"

day | day of the month | occasion | year | anniversary | time |

Definition: [noun] A social or romantic appointment or engagement.
Example: I've got a hot date

Synonyms of "dating"

appointment | meeting | engagement | rendezvous | assignation |