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Hyphenation for “skew”

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

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 "skew"

skew >> skjuː

Definition: [adjective] neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked.
Example: his hat looked slightly skew

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Definition: [adjective] (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting.

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Definition: [adjective] (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical.

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Definition: [noun] an oblique angle; a slant.

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Definition: [noun] a bias towards one particular group or subject.
Example: the paper had a working-class skew

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Definition: [noun] the state of not being symmetrical.

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Definition: [verb] suddenly change direction or position.
Example: the car had skewed across the track

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Definition: [verb] make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading.
Example: the curriculum is skewed towards the practical subjects

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Definition: [verb] cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
Example: the distributions were skewed to the right

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