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Hyphenation for “sing”

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

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 "sing"

sing >> sɪŋ

Definition: [verb] make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
Example: Bella sang to the baby

Synonyms of "sing"

chant | intone | croon | carol | chorus | warble | trill | pipe | quaver | yodel | render | perform | belt out | troll |

Definition: [verb] make a high-pitched whistling or buzzing sound.
Example: the kettle was beginning to sing

Synonyms of "sing"

Definition: [verb] act as an informer to the police.
Example: as soon as he got put under pressure, he sang like a canary

Synonyms of "sing"

inform (on someone) | tell tales (on someone) | squeal | rat on someone | blow the whistle on someone | peach (on someone) | snitch (on someone) | put the finger on someone | sell someone down the river | grass (on someone) | shop someone | rat someone out | finger someone | fink on someone | drop a/the dime on someone | pimp on someone |

Definition: [verb] recount or celebrate in poetry or other literature.
Example: poetry should sing the variety of the human race

Synonyms of "sing"

Definition: [noun] an act or spell of singing.
Example: we asked him to come back and have a bit of a sing

Synonyms of "sing"