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Hyphenation for “prostrates”

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

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 "prostrates"

prostrates >> /ˈprɒstreɪt/

Definition: [verb] Throw oneself flat on the ground so as to be lying face downwards, especially in reverence or submission.
Example: she prostrated herself on the bare floor of the church

Synonyms of "prostrates"

throw oneself flat | throw oneself down | lie down | stretch oneself out | bow low | throw oneself at someone's feet |

Definition: [verb] Reduce (someone) to extreme physical weakness.
Example: she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed

Synonyms of "prostrates"

overwhelm | overcome | overpower | bring someone to their knees | crush | devastate | make helpless | paralyse | lay low | make powerless | debilitate | incapacitate | weaken | enfeeble | devitalize | enervate | handicap | immobilize | hamstring | make impotent | wear out | exhaust | tire out | fatigue | weary | make weary | drain | sap | wash out | take it out of | tax | overtax | undermine |

Definition: [adjective] Lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downwards.
Example: there was a man praying before an idol, lying prostrate

Synonyms of "prostrates"

prone | lying flat | lying down | flat | stretched out | spreadeagled | sprawling | horizontal | recumbent | on one's front |

Definition: [adjective] Growing along the ground.
Example: mats of prostrate herbs can be used to break up expanses of soil

Synonyms of "prostrates"

trailing | creeping | straggling | vining | prostrate |