Hyphenation of OFFICERS

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word OFFICERS? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

OF-FI-CERS

Definitions of OFFICERS:

1.	Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command An officer is responsible for the lives of his men
2.	Someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust He is an officer of the court The club elected its officers for the coming year
3.	A member of a police force It was an accident
4.	Officer
5.	A person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel He is the officer in charge of the ship's engines
6.	Direct or command as an officer

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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.