English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “rescues”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for rescues is res-cues, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
res-cues
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result res-cues The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordrescues
Hyphenationres-cues
Break points1
Part of speechverb · noun
Pronunciationˈrɛskjuː
Meaning & usage

What does “rescues” mean?

rescues: save (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation.

Headwordrescue
Part of speechverb · noun
Pronunciationˈrɛskjuː
1
verb

save (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation.

Example: “firemen rescued a man trapped in the river”

Synonyms:
deliver emancipate extricate free liberate ransom redeem release relieve save bail someone out bring someone off +8 more
2
noun

an act of saving or being saved from danger or difficulty.

Example: “the dramatic rescue of nine trapped coal miners”

Word breaks

How “rescues” is split

res·cues

For US English, the hyphenation result is res-cues. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “rescues”

How do you hyphenate “rescues”?

In the US-English result used here, rescues is hyphenated as res-cues.

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

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “rescues” mean?

save (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation.

Can you use “rescues” in a sentence?

“firemen rescued a man trapped in the river”

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