hyphenhy‧phen /ˈhaɪfən/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINhyphen
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 Late Latin, Greek, from hyph' hen ‘under one’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- A hyphen is an acceptable alternative to a comma.
- Answer: a. Why: When creating an unusual adjective from other types of words, use a hyphen.
- As you type, WordPerfect will automatically insert a soft hyphen where appropriate, without stopping for you to position the cursor.
- Besides we were never very sure whether there was a hyphen in the word co-ordination.
- The 2 parameters should be separated by a comma or a hyphen.
- Until late 1995, she had gone by an Anglicized hyphen name and had been a lifelong Republican.
- Use the soft hyphen in words which would not be hyphenated if they fell in the middle of a line.
THESAURUStypes of punctuation mark► apostrophe
Collocations the sign (') that is used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been left out, as in don’t, or used before ‘s’ to show that something belongs to someone or something, as in Mark’s dog
► brackets British English, parentheses AmE and BrE formal a pair of signs ( ) used for enclosing information that interrupts a sentence
► colon the sign : that is used to introduce an explanation, example, quotation etc
► semicolon the sign ; that is used to separate words in a list, or different parts of a sentence that can be understood separately
► comma the sign , that is used to separate things in a list, or between two clauses in a sentence
► hyphen the sign – that is used to join words or syllables
► dash the sign — that is used to separate two closely related parts of a sentence, especially in more informal English
► full stop British English, period American English the sign . that is used to mark the end of a sentence or the short form of a word
► exclamation mark British English, exclamation point American English the sign ! that is used after a sentence or word that expresses surprise, anger, or excitement
► question mark the sign ? that is used at the end of a question
► quotation marks (also inverted commas British English) a pair of signs ‘ and ’ that are put around words, especially to show that you are quoting what someone has said
WORD SETS► Letters & punctuationA, nounABC, nounalpha, nounalphabet, nounalphabetical, adjectiveampersand, nounapostrophe, nounasterisk, nounB, nounbeta, nounblock capitals, nounblock letters, nounbrace, nounbracket, nounbracket, verbC, nouncapital, nouncapital, adjectivecapitalize, verbcaps, cedilla, nouncircumflex, nounclause, nouncolon, nouncomma, nounconsonant, nounCyrillic, adjectiveD, noundash, noundelta, noundiacritic, nounditto, nounE, nounexclamation mark, nounF, nounG, noungamma, nounGothic, adjectivegrave, adjectiveH, nounhyphen, nounI, nounIPA, nounJ, nounK, nounL, nounletter, nounlower case, nounM, nounN, nounNHS, the, O, nounoblique, nounomega, nounP, nounparenthesis, nounperiod, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounpunctuation mark, nounQ, nounquestion mark, nounquestion tag, nounquotation mark, nounR, nounrune, nounS, nounschwa, nounscript, nounsemicolon, nounslash, nounsmall, adjectivespeech marks, nounsquare bracket, nounstar, nounstenography, nounstress mark, nounT, nountilde, nounU, nounumlaut, nounupper case, nounV, nounvowel, nounW, nounX, nounY, nounZ, nounzed, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► use
a short written or printed line (-) that joins words or syllables → dash· Councillors have suggested using Tees-side using a hyphen to emphasise the name of the river rather than the name of a local authority.· Answer: a. Why: Use hyphens with a prefix and a proper noun.· Answer: a. Why: When creating an unusual adjective from other types of words, use a hyphen.