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Hyphenation for “steals”

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

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 "steals"

steals >> stiːl

Definition: [verb] take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.
Example: thieves stole her bicycle

Synonyms of "steals"

purloin | thieve | take | take for oneself | help oneself to | loot | pilfer | abscond with | run off with | appropriate | abstract | carry off | shoplift | embezzle | misappropriate | walk off/away with | run away/off with | rob | swipe | nab | rip off | lift | liberate | filch | snaffle | snitch | souvenir | nick | pinch | half-inch | whip | knock off | nobble | bone | scrump | blag | heist | glom | snavel | clifty | tief | crib | hook | peculate | defalcate | walk | go walkies | theft | thieving | thievery | robbery | larceny | burglary | shoplifting | pilfering | pilferage | looting | appropriation | misappropriation | embezzlement | peculation | defalcation |


Definition: [verb] move somewhere quietly or surreptitiously.
Example: he stole down to the kitchen

Synonyms of "steals"

creep | sneak | slink | slip | slither | slide | glide | sidle | slope | edge | move furtively | tiptoe | pussyfoot | pad | prowl | abscond | decamp | make off | run off | run away | flee | bolt | take off | take flight | disappear | vanish | slip away | sneak away | beat a hasty retreat | escape | make a run for it | make one's getaway | leave | depart | make oneself scarce | split | scram | skedaddle | vamoose | skip | cut and run | make tracks | push off | shove off | clear off | hightail it | hotfoot it | show a clean pair of heels | do a bunk | do a runner | do a moonlight flit | do a disappearing act | head for the hills | fly the coop | take French leave | go AWOL | scarper | take a powder | go on the lam | light out | bug out | peel out | cut out | hook it |


Definition: [noun] an act of stealing something.
Example: New York's biggest art steal

Synonyms of "steals"

theft | robbery | raid | ram raid | burglary | larceny | thievery | break-in | hold-up | embezzlement | misappropriation | swindle | fraud | dacoity | snatch | smash-and-grab (raid) | stick-up | mugging | job | pinch | blag | heist | peculation | defalcation |


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