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Hyphenation for “sample”

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

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 "sample"

sample >> ˈsɑːmp(ə)l

Definition: [noun] a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.
Example: investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting

Synonyms of "sample"

representative | illustrative | selected | specimen | test | trial | typifying | typical |

Definition: [noun] a sound or piece of music created by sampling.
Example: piano samples

Synonyms of "sample"

Definition: [verb] take a sample or samples of (something) for analysis.
Example: bone marrow cells were sampled

Synonyms of "sample"

Definition: [verb] ascertain the momentary value of (an analogue signal) many times a second so as to convert the signal to digital form.
Example: the input signal must be sampled at twice its highest frequency

Synonyms of "sample"