English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “groupings”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for groupings is group-ings, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
group-ings
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result group-ings The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordgroupings
Hyphenationgroup-ings
Break points1
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationˈɡruːpɪŋ
Meaning & usage

What does “groupings” mean?

groupings: a set of associated people acting together, especially within a larger organization.

Headwordgrouping
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationˈɡruːpɪŋ
1
noun

a set of associated people acting together, especially within a larger organization.

Example: “a grouping of trade union leaders”

Word breaks

How “groupings” is split

group·ings

For US English, the hyphenation result is group-ings. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “groupings”

How do you hyphenate “groupings”?

In the US-English result used here, groupings is hyphenated as group-ings.

Where can “groupings” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “groupings” mean?

a set of associated people acting together, especially within a larger organization.

Can you use “groupings” in a sentence?

“a grouping of trade union leaders”

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