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Hyphenation for “progressive”

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What is the correct hyphenation for “progressive”? The purpose of hyphenation is to separate a word such as "progressive" 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 “progressive” 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: „progressive“ ⟶ „pro-gres-sive“.

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 "progressive"

progressive >> /prəˈɡrɛsɪv/

Definition: [noun] A person advocating or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.
Example: people tend to present themselves either as progressives or traditionalists on this issue

Synonyms of "progressive"

innovator | reformer | reformist | liberal | libertarian | progressivist | progressionist | leftist | left-winger |

Definition: [noun] A progressive tense or aspect.
Example: the present progressive

Definition: [noun] Each of a set of proofs of color work, showing all the colors separately and the cumulative effect of overprinting them.

Definition: [adjective] Happening or developing gradually or in stages; proceeding step by step.
Example: a progressive decline in popularity

Synonyms of "progressive"

continuing | continuous | increasing | growing | developing | ongoing | intensifying | accelerating | escalating |

Definition: [adjective] (of a group, person, or idea) favoring or implementing social reform or new, liberal ideas.
Example: a relatively progressive governor

Definition: [adjective] Denoting an aspect or tense of a verb that expresses an action in progress, e.g. am writing, was writing.
Example: One has to say, rather, I am writing a letter, with the progressive aspect.

Definition: [adjective] (of a card game or dance) involving a series of sections for which participants successively change place or relative position.
Example: I watched as the rest of the members of my class whirled around the Sport Hall in a progressive dance called the Oslo.

Definition: [adjective] Engaging in or constituting forward motion.

Synonyms of "progressive"

moving forwards | moving ahead | onward | advancing | progressing | progressive |