Hyphenation of Emergency

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Emergency? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Emer-gency

Definitions of Emergency:

1.	A sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action He never knew what to do in an emergency
2.	A state in which martial law applies The governor declared a state of emergency
3.	A brake operated by hand Usually operates by mechanical linkage

Synonyms of Emergency:

noun	exigency, pinch, crisis
noun	temporary state
noun	hand brake, emergency brake, parking brake, brake

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.