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Hyphenation for “ranks”

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

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 "ranks"

ranks >> /raŋk/

Definition: [verb] Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.
Example: students ranked the samples in order of preference

Synonyms of "ranks"

classify | class | categorize | rate | grade | type | order | sort | bracket | group | pigeonhole | designate |

Definition: [verb] Arrange in a row or rows.

Synonyms of "ranks"

line up | align | draw up | put in order | set in order | order | place | position | arrange | dispose | set out | array | range |

Definition: [noun] A position in the hierarchy of the armed forces.
Example: an army officer of high rank

Definition: [noun] A single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast.
Example: they were drawn up outside their barracks in long ranks

Synonyms of "ranks"

row | line | file | column | series | succession | string | train | procession |

Definition: [noun] The people belonging to or constituting a group or class.
Example: the ranks of Britain's unemployed

Definition: [noun] The value or the order of the largest non-zero determinant of a given matrix.
Example: The rigidity of a matrix is the number of entries in a matrix which need to be changed in order to bring the rank of the matrix down to a certain value.