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Hyphenation for “offshore”

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

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 "offshore"

Definition: [adjective] situated at sea some distance from the shore.
Example: this huge stretch of coastline is dominated by offshore barrier islands

Synonyms of "offshore"

Definition: [adjective] made, situated, or registered abroad, especially in order to take advantage of lower taxes or costs or less stringent regulation.
Example: deposits in offshore accounts

Synonyms of "offshore"

Definition: [adverb] at sea some distance from the shore.
Example: we dropped anchor offshore

Synonyms of "offshore"

Definition: [adverb] in a foreign country, especially in order to take advantage of lower taxes or costs or less stringent regulation.
Example: big businesses in most cases pay little or no tax if they are registered offshore

Synonyms of "offshore"

Definition: [verb] relocate (a business or department) to a foreign country to take advantage of lower taxes or costs.
Example: he predicts that 750,000 UK jobs will be offshored in the next 10 years

Synonyms of "offshore"