English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “deliberation”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for deliberation is de-lib-er-a-tion, with 4 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
de-lib-er-a-tion
5 segments4 break points
British English pattern result de-lib-er-a-tion The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Worddeliberation
Hyphenationde-lib-er-a-tion
Break points4
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/dəˌlɪbəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
Meaning & usage

What does “deliberation” mean?

deliberation: Long and careful consideration or discussion.

Headworddeliberation
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/dəˌlɪbəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/
1
noun

Long and careful consideration or discussion.

Example: “after much deliberation we arrived at a compromise”

2
noun

Slow and careful movement or thought.

Example: “he replaced the glass on the table with deliberation”

Synonyms:
care steadiness carefulness lack of haste
Word breaks

How “deliberation” is split

de·lib·er·a·tion

For US English, the hyphenation result is de-lib-er-a-tion. This gives 4 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “deliberation”

How do you hyphenate “deliberation”?

In the US-English result used here, deliberation is hyphenated as de-lib-er-a-tion.

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

The returned US pattern contains 4 possible break points.

What does “deliberation” mean?

Long and careful consideration or discussion.

Can you use “deliberation” in a sentence?

“after much deliberation we arrived at a compromise”

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