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Hyphenation for “drop”

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

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 "drop"

drop >> /drɑp/

Definition: [transitive verb] Let or make (something) fall vertically.
Example: the fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

Synonyms of "drop"

let fall | let go | let go of | fail to hold | lose one's grip on |

Definition: [transitive verb] Fall vertically.
Example: the spoon dropped with a clatter from her hand

Synonyms of "drop"

drip | fall in drops | fall | dribble | trickle | drizzle | flow | run | plop | leak |

Definition: [transitive verb] Make or become lower, weaker, or less.
Example: he dropped his voice as she came into the room

Synonyms of "drop"

decrease | lessen | make less | reduce | diminish | depreciate |

Definition: [transitive verb] Abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)
Example: the charges against him were dropped last year

Synonyms of "drop"

give up | finish with | withdraw from | retire from | cancel |

Definition: [transitive verb] Set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else.
Example: his mom dropped him outside and drove off to work

Synonyms of "drop"

remove | offload | discharge | jettison | drop | deliver | deposit | set down | leave | put off | tip out | pour out |

Definition: [transitive verb] (in sports) fail to win (a point, game, or match).
Example: The Chinese have yet to drop a match and have only conceded two goals while Germany started well before going through a dry patch during the pool phase.

Synonyms of "drop"

lose | fail to win | concede | miss out on | give away | let slip |

Definition: [transitive verb] Be forced to play (a relatively high card) as a loser under an opponent's higher card, because it is the only card in its suit held in the hand.
Example: West dropped the nine

Definition: [noun] A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.
Example: the first drops of rain splashed on the ground

Synonyms of "drop"

droplet | blob | globule | bead | bubble | tear | dot | spheroid | oval |

Definition: [noun] An instance of falling or dropping.
Example: they left within five minutes of the drop of the curtain

Definition: [noun] A delivery.

Definition: [noun] A piece of candy or a lozenge.
Example: a lemon drop

Synonyms of "drop"

sweet | lozenge | pastille | piece of confectionery |

Definition: [noun] An earring that hangs down from the earlobe.
Example: simple amethyst and diamond drops

Definition: [noun] A section of theatrical scenery lowered from the flies; a drop cloth or drop curtain.
Example: Judd's sets consisted of green and blue upstage drops that moved through a number of positions but did not further encroach on the open space of the stage.

Synonyms of "drop"

drape | curtain | drop | drop cloth | drop curtain | drop scene | tableau curtain | frontal | dossal |

Definition: [noun] A trapdoor on a gallows, the opening of which causes the prisoner to fall and thus be hanged.
Example: Once placed on the drop of the gallows Baird addressed the silent crowd.