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Hyphenation for “water”

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

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 "water"

water >> ˈwɔːtə

Definition: [noun] a colourless, transparent, odourless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
Example: sodium chloride dissolves in water

Synonyms of "water"

aqua | H2O | Adam's ale |

Definition: [noun] a stretch or area of water, such as a river, sea, or lake.
Example: the lawns ran down to the water's edge

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sea | ocean | lake | loch | pond | pool | reservoir | river |

Definition: [noun] urine.
Example: drinking alcohol will make you need to pass water more often

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Definition: [noun] the amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus in the womb, especially as discharged in a flow shortly before birth.
Example: I think my waters have broken

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Definition: [noun] the quality of transparency and brilliance shown by a diamond or other gem.

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Definition: [noun] capital stock that represents a book value greater than the true assets of a company.

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Definition: [verb] pour or sprinkle water over (a plant or area) in order to encourage plant growth.
Example: I went out to water the geraniums

Synonyms of "water"

sprinkle | moisten | dampen | wet | spray | splash | soak | douse | souse | drench | saturate | flood | waterlog | hose (down) | water down | sodden |

Definition: [verb] (of a person's eyes) fill with tears.
Example: Rory blinked, his eyes watering

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Definition: [verb] dilute or adulterate (a drink, typically an alcoholic one) with water.
Example: staff at the club had been watering down the drinks

Synonyms of "water"

dilute | water down | add water to | thin (out) | make thin/thinner | weaken | make weak/weaker | adulterate | doctor | taint | mix | cut |

Definition: [verb] increase (a company's debt, or nominal capital) by the issue of new shares without a corresponding addition to assets.

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