Hyphenate (verb)

To divide (a word) with a hyphen, typically to indicate that it is made up of two or more separate words.

Origin:

Mid 19th century: from hyphen + -ate.

Examples:

1. He hyphenated the word "well-being" in the document.
2. In English, hyphenation is used to separate parts of words that are not clear when they are written together.
3. Hyphenation is also used to show the connection between words used together as a compound adjective.
4. Hyphenation is used to break a word at the end of a line.
5. Hyphenation can be done automatically by software or manually by the writer.