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Meaning
Noun
●
The
symbol
"‐",
typically
used to
join
two or more
words
to form a
compound
term
, or to
indicate
that a
word
has been
split
at the
end of
a line.
●
Something that
links
two more
consequential
things.
●
An
enclosed
walkway
or
passage
that
connects
two buildings.
●
Someone who
belongs
to a
marginalized
subgroup
, and can therefore
described
by a
hyphenated
term
, such as "German-American", "female-academic", etc.
Verb
●
To
separate
or
punctuate
with a
hyphen
; to
hyphen
ate.
Conj
●
In Punctuation marks:
Used to
emphasize
the
coordinating
function
usually
indicated
by the
punctuation
"-".
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