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Hyphenation for “tally”

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

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 "tally"

tally >> ˈtali

Definition: [noun] a current score or amount.
Example: that takes his tally to 10 goals in 10 games

Synonyms of "tally"

total | score | count | sum | result |

Definition: [noun] a piece of wood scored across with notches for the items of an account and then split into halves, each party keeping one.

Synonyms of "tally"

Definition: [noun] a counterpart or duplicate of something.
Example: the key is so cut as to form a tally with the interior machinery

Synonyms of "tally"

counterpart | match | mate | duplicate |

Definition: [noun] a label giving information about a plant or tree.

Synonyms of "tally"

Definition: [verb] agree or correspond.
Example: their signatures should tally with their names on the register

Synonyms of "tally"

correspond | agree | accord | concur | coincide | match | fit | be in agreement | be consistent | conform | equate | harmonize | suit | be in tune | dovetail | correlate | parallel | square | jibe |

Definition: [verb] calculate the total number of.
Example: the votes were being tallied with abacuses

Synonyms of "tally"

count | calculate | add up | total | enumerate | compute | figure out | work out | reckon | measure | quantify | rate | tot up |