Hyphenation of competition

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

com-pe-ti-tion

Definitions of competition:

1.	A business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers Business competition can be fiendish at times
2.	An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
3.	The act of competing as for profit or a prize The teams were in fierce contention for first place
4.	The contestant you hope to defeat He had respect for his rivals He wanted to know what the competition was doing

Synonyms of competition:

noun	business relation
noun	contest, social event
noun	contention, rivalry, group action
noun	rival, challenger, competitor, contender, contestant

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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.