different between hyphenate vs unhyphenate

English

Etymology

hyphen +? -ate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h??f(?)ne?t/

Verb

hyphenate (third-person singular simple present hyphenates, present participle hyphenating, simple past and past participle hyphenated)

1. (transitive) to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
2. (transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

hyphenate (plural hyphenates)

1. A person with multiple duties or abilities, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
2. A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".
   • 2006, Nick Adams, Making Friends With Black People (page 15)

     We seem to have settled on African-American, and at first glance it certainly does seem logical. […] Not to mention what happens when hyphenates marry other hyphenates and have baby hyphenates.

Synonyms

• person

English

Etymology

un- +? hyphenate (hyphen +? -ate)

Verb

unhyphenate (third-person singular simple present unhyphenates, present participle unhyphenating, simple past and past participle unhyphenated)

1. (transitive) To remove or displace a hyphen from.

   The dictionary chose to unhyphenate "cry-baby", and listed it as "crybaby".

Antonyms

• hyphenate