English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “semblance”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for semblance is sem-blance, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
sem-blance
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result semb-lance The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordsemblance
Hyphenationsem-blance
Break points1
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationˈsɛmbləns
Meaning & usage

What does “semblance” mean?

semblance: the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.

Headwordsemblance
Part of speechnoun
Pronunciationˈsɛmbləns
1
noun

the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.

Example: “she tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order”

Word breaks

How “semblance” is split

sem·blance

For US English, the hyphenation result is sem-blance. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns semb-lance.

Quick answers

Questions about “semblance”

How do you hyphenate “semblance”?

In the US-English result used here, semblance is hyphenated as sem-blance.

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

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “semblance” mean?

the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.

Can you use “semblance” in a sentence?

“she tried to force her thoughts back into some semblance of order”

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