English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “vindicated”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for vindicated is vin-di-cat-ed, with 3 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
vin-di-cat-ed
4 segments3 break points
British English pattern result vin-dic-ated The GB pattern set returns a different line-break pattern. Pattern differences are not automatically treated as a linguistic US/UK difference.
Wordvindicated
Hyphenationvin-di-cat-ed
Break points3
Part of speechverb
Pronunciationˈvɪndɪkeɪt
Word breaks

How “vindicated” is split

vin·di·cat·ed

For US English, the hyphenation result is vin-di-cat-ed. This gives 3 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns vin-dic-ated.

Quick answers

Questions about “vindicated”

How do you hyphenate “vindicated”?

In the US-English result used here, vindicated is hyphenated as vin-di-cat-ed.

Where can “vindicated” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 3 possible break points.

What does “vindicated” mean?

clear (someone) of blame or suspicion.

Can you use “vindicated” in a sentence?

“hospital staff were vindicated by the inquest verdict”

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