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SYLLABICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does syllabication mean?
• SYLLABICATION (noun)
The noun SYLLABICATION has 1 sense:
1. forming or dividing words into syllables
Familiarity information: SYLLABICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Forming or dividing words into syllables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
syllabication; syllabification
Hypernyms ("syllabication" is a kind of...):
division (the act or process of dividing)
Derivation:
syllabicate (divide into syllables)
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