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Hyphenation for “sell”

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

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 "sell"

sell >> sɛl

Definition: [verb] give or hand over (something) in exchange for money.
Example: they had sold the car

Synonyms of "sell"

dispose of | get rid of | vend | auction (off) | put up for sale | offer for sale | put on sale | trade | barter | exchange | part-exchange | give in part-exchange | vending | selling off | auctioning | trading | trade (in) | traffic | trafficking | bartering | exchanging | part-exchanging | salesmanship | sales | marketing | merchandising | promotion | advertising |

Definition: [verb] persuade someone of the merits of.
Example: he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikovsky

Synonyms of "sell"

persuade someone to accept | talk someone into | bring someone round to | win someone over to | get acceptance for | win approval for | get support for | get across | promote |

Definition: [verb] trick or deceive (someone).
Example: what we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town

Synonyms of "sell"

Definition: [noun] an act of selling or attempting to sell something.
Example: every other television commercial is a sell for Australian lager

Synonyms of "sell"

Definition: [noun] a disappointment, typically one arising from being deceived as to the merits of something.
Example: actually, Hawaii's a bit of a sell—not a patch on Corfu

Synonyms of "sell"