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Hyphenation for “depression”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “depression”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "depression" 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 “depression” 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: „depression“ ⟶ „de-pres-sion“.

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 "depression"

depression >> /dəˈprɛʃ(ə)n/

Definition: [noun] Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.
Example: self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression

Synonyms of "depression"

melancholy | misery | sadness | unhappiness | sorrow | woe | gloom | gloominess | dejection | downheartedness | despondency | dispiritedness | low spirits | heavy-heartedness | moroseness | discouragement | despair | desolation | dolefulness | moodiness | pessimism | hopelessness |

Definition: [noun] A long and severe recession in an economy or market.
Example: the depression in the housing market

Synonyms of "depression"

recession | slump | decline | downturn | slowdown | standstill |

Definition: [noun] The action of lowering something or pressing something down.
Example: depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin

Definition: [noun] A region of lower atmospheric pressure, especially a cyclonic weather system.
Example: hurricanes start off as loose regions of bad weather known as tropical depressions

Definition: [noun] The angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane.
Example: Angular depressions at the base of siltstone laminae represent casts of halite that was dissolved by lower-salinity waters that introduced silt.