HYPHEN


Meaning of HYPHEN in English

(~s)

A ~ is the punctuation sign used to join words together to make a compound, as in ‘left-handed’. People also use a ~ to show that the rest of a word is on the next line.

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Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .