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Hyphenation for “fall”

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

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 "fall"

fall >> /fɔl/

Definition: [verb] Move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control, from a higher to a lower level.
Example: five inches of snow fell through the night

Synonyms of "fall"

drop | drop down | plummet | descend | come down | go down | plunge | sink | dive | nosedive | tumble | pitch |

Definition: [verb] (of a person) lose one's balance and collapse.
Example: he stumbled, tripped, and fell

Synonyms of "fall"

topple over | tumble over | keel over | fall down | fall over | go head over heels | go end over end | fall headlong | go headlong | collapse | fall in a heap | take a spill | pitch forward |

Definition: [verb] Decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality.
Example: imports fell by 12 percent

Synonyms of "fall"

decrease | decline | diminish | fall off | drop off | go down | grow less | lessen | dwindle |

Definition: [verb] Be captured or defeated.
Example: the besieged city fell after three months

Synonyms of "fall"

surrender | yield | submit | give in | give up | give way | capitulate | succumb |

Definition: [verb] Pass into a specified state, situation, or position.
Example: she fell pregnant

Synonyms of "fall"

become | come to be | get to be | grow | get | turn |

Definition: [noun] An act of falling or collapsing; a sudden uncontrollable descent.
Example: his mother had a fall, hurting her leg as she alighted from a train

Synonyms of "fall"

tumble | trip | spill | topple | stumble | slip |

Definition: [noun] A thing which falls or has fallen.
Example: in October came the first thin fall of snow

Definition: [noun] A decrease in size, number, rate, or level; a decline.
Example: a big fall in unemployment

Synonyms of "fall"

decline | fall-off | drop | dropping off | decrease | cut | lessening | lowering | dip | diminishing | dwindling | reduction | plummet | plunge | slump | deterioration | downswing |

Definition: [noun] A defeat or downfall.
Example: the fall of the government

Synonyms of "fall"

downfall | ruin | ruination | collapse | failure | decline | deterioration | degeneration | destruction | overthrow | demise |

Definition: [noun] Autumn.
Example: that fall Roosevelt was elected to his first term