syllabication

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Noun syllabication has 1 sense

syllabication, syllabification - forming or dividing words into syllables
--₁ is a kind of division

Derived form: verb syllabicate₁

Definitions from the Web

Syllabication

Definition:

Syllabication refers to the act or process of dividing words into syllables, based on their pronunciation.

Examples:

Noun:

The students learned about syllabication in their English class.
The correct syllabication of the word "elephant" is e-le-phant.

Verb:

Please syllabicate the word "happiness" for me.
She syllabicating the foreign words to improve her pronunciation.

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