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Hyphenation for “few”

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

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 "few"

few >> fjuː

Definition: [determiner] a small number of.
Example: may I ask a few questions?

Synonyms of "few"

not many | hardly any | scarcely any | a small number of | a small amount of | a small quantity of | one or two | a handful of | a sprinkling of | little | a couple of | a small number | a handful | a sprinkling | a couple | two or three |

Definition: [determiner] used to emphasize how small a number is.
Example: he had few friends

Synonyms of "few"

not many | hardly any | scarcely any | a small number of | a small amount of | a small quantity of | one or two | a handful of | a sprinkling of | little | a couple of | scarce | scant | scanty | meagre | insufficient | negligible | in short supply | thin on the ground | scattered | seldom met with | few and far between | infrequent | uncommon | rare | sporadic |

Definition: [pronoun] a small number of people or things.
Example: I will recount a few of the stories told me

Synonyms of "few"

Definition: [pronoun] used to emphasize how small a number of people or things is.
Example: few thought to challenge these assumptions

Synonyms of "few"

Definition: [noun] the minority of people; the elect.
Example: art is not just for the few

Synonyms of "few"

a small number | a handful | a sprinkling | one or two | a couple | two or three | not many | hardly any |