English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “reclamation”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for reclamation is recla-ma-tion, with 2 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
recla-ma-tion
3 segments2 break points
British English pattern result re-clam-a-tion The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordreclamation
Hyphenationrecla-ma-tion
Break points2
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
Meaning & usage

What does “reclamation” mean?

reclamation: The process of claiming something back or of reasserting a right.

Headwordreclamation
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
1
noun

The process of claiming something back or of reasserting a right.

Example: “the reclamation of our shared history”

Word breaks

How “reclamation” is split

recla·ma·tion

For US English, the hyphenation result is recla-ma-tion. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns re-clam-a-tion.

Quick answers

Questions about “reclamation”

How do you hyphenate “reclamation”?

In the US-English result used here, reclamation is hyphenated as recla-ma-tion.

Where can “reclamation” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.

What does “reclamation” mean?

The process of claiming something back or of reasserting a right.

Can you use “reclamation” in a sentence?

“the reclamation of our shared history”

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