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Hyphenation for “invest”

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

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 "invest"

invest >> ɪnˈvɛst

Definition: [verb] put (money) into financial schemes, shares, property, or a commercial venture with the expectation of achieving a profit.
Example: the company is to invest £12 m in its manufacturing site at Linlithglow

Synonyms of "invest"

put money into | sink money into | lay out money on | plough money into | provide capital for | spend money on | fund | back | finance | underwrite | subsidize | support | pay for | buy into | buy shares in | buy/take a stake in | get a piece of | splash out on |

Definition: [verb] provide or endow someone or something with (a particular quality or attribute).
Example: the passage of time has invested the words with an unintended humour

Synonyms of "invest"

imbue | infuse | perfuse | charge | steep | saturate | suffuse | pervade | fill | endow |

Definition: [verb] clothe or cover with a garment.
Example: he stands before you invested in the full canonicals of his calling

Synonyms of "invest"

Definition: [verb] surround (a place) in order to besiege or blockade it.
Example: Fort Pulaski was invested and captured

Synonyms of "invest"

besiege | lay siege to | beleaguer | beset | surround | enclose |