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Hyphenation for “upstage”

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

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 "upstage"

upstage >> ʌpˈsteɪdʒ

Definition: [verb] divert attention from (someone) towards oneself.
Example: they were totally upstaged by their co-star in the film

Synonyms of "upstage"

Definition: [verb] (of an actor) move towards the back of a stage to make (another actor) face away from the audience.
Example: when he tried to upstage her she sauntered down to the front of the stage

Synonyms of "upstage"

Definition: [adverb] at or towards the back of a stage.
Example: Hamlet turns to face upstage

Synonyms of "upstage"

Definition: [adjective] situated or occurring at the back of a stage.
Example: an upstage exit

Synonyms of "upstage"

Definition: [adjective] superior; aloof.
Example: this upstage reserve is rather ridiculous

Synonyms of "upstage"