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Hyphenation for “motor”

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

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 "motor"

motor >> ˈməʊtə

Definition: [noun] a machine, especially one powered by electricity or internal combustion, that supplies motive power for a vehicle or for another device with moving parts.
Example: these electric motors are highly reliable

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Definition: [noun] a car.
Example: we drove out in my motor

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Definition: [adjective] driven by a motor.
Example: a motor van

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Definition: [adjective] giving or producing motion or action.
Example: demand is the principle motor force governing economic activity

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Definition: [verb] travel in a motor vehicle.
Example: they motored north up the M6

Synonyms of "motor"