Hyphenation of appointment

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

ap-point-ment

Definitions of appointment:

1.	The act of putting a person into a non-elective position The appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
2.	A meeting arranged in advance She asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
3.	(usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)
4.	A person who is appointed to a job or position
5.	The job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed He applied for an appointment in the treasury
6.	(law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment She allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment

Synonyms of appointment:

noun	assignment, designation, naming, decision, determination, conclusion
noun	date, engagement, meeting, get together
noun	fitting, furnishings
noun	appointee, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
noun	occupation, business, job, line of work, line
noun	disposal, disposition

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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.