Hyphenation of acquisition

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word acquisition? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

ac-qui-si-tion

Definitions of acquisition:

1.	The act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something The acquisition of wealth The acquisition of one company by another
2.	Something acquired A recent acquisition by the museum
3.	The cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge The child's acquisition of language
4.	An ability that has been acquired by training

Synonyms of acquisition:

noun	acquiring, getting
noun	transferred property, transferred possession
noun	learning, basic cognitive process
noun	skill, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, ability, power

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.