Hyphenation of belated

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

be-lat-ed

Definitions of belated:

1.	After the expected or usual time Delayed A belated birthday card I'm late for the plane The train is late Tardy children are sent to the principal Always tardy in making dental appointments

Synonyms of belated:

adj	late, tardy, unpunctual

Last hyphenations of this language

bibliomancy acetic Pascal gonof planeshear plane Bedell euphorbia diastase passover overorganize dilapidation lilt sociolatry dispensable lazy ill-informed liberality lunacy

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.