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Hyphenation for “gathered”

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

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 "gathered"

gathered >> ˈɡaðə

Definition: [verb] come together; assemble or accumulate.
Example: as soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

Synonyms of "gathered"

congregate | convene | assemble | meet | collect | come/get together | muster | rally | converge | cluster together | crowd | mass | flock together | foregather |

Definition: [verb] bring together and take in from scattered places or sources.
Example: information that we have gathered about people

Synonyms of "gathered"

collect | get together | put together | accumulate | amass | assemble | garner | store | stockpile | heap up | pile up | stack up | hoard | put by | put away | lay by | lay in | set aside | stash away | squirrel away |

Definition: [verb] increase in (speed, force, etc.).
Example: the destroyer gathered speed

Synonyms of "gathered"

Definition: [verb] infer; understand.
Example: I gathered that they were old friends

Synonyms of "gathered"

understand | be given to understand | believe | be led to believe | think | conclude | come to the conclusion | deduce | infer | draw the inference | assume | surmise | fancy | take it | hear | hear tell | be informed | notice | see | learn | discover |

Definition: [verb] summon up (a mental or physical attribute) for a purpose.
Example: she lay gathering her thoughts together

Synonyms of "gathered"

summon | summon up | call together | bring together | assemble | convene | rally | round up | collect | muster | marshal | organize | convoke |

Definition: [verb] draw and hold together (fabric or a part of a garment) by running thread through it.
Example: the front is gathered at the waist

Synonyms of "gathered"

pleat | shirr | pucker | tuck | fold | corrugate | ruffle | crimp | crease | scrunch up |