English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “indemnification”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for indemnification is in-dem-ni-fi-ca-tion, with 5 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
in-dem-ni-fi-ca-tion
6 segments5 break points
British English pattern result in-dem-ni-fic-a-tion The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordindemnification
Hyphenationin-dem-ni-fi-ca-tion
Break points5
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationɪndɛmnɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
Meaning & usage

What does “indemnification” mean?

indemnification: compensation for harm or loss.

Headwordindemnification
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationɪndɛmnɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
1
noun

compensation for harm or loss.

Example: “the plaintiff sought indemnification for the cost of the suit against the corporation”

Word breaks

How “indemnification” is split

in·dem·ni·fi·ca·tion

For US English, the hyphenation result is in-dem-ni-fi-ca-tion. This gives 5 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns in-dem-ni-fic-a-tion.

Quick answers

Questions about “indemnification”

How do you hyphenate “indemnification”?

In the US-English result used here, indemnification is hyphenated as in-dem-ni-fi-ca-tion.

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

The returned US pattern contains 5 possible break points.

What does “indemnification” mean?

compensation for harm or loss.

Can you use “indemnification” in a sentence?

“the plaintiff sought indemnification for the cost of the suit against the corporation”

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