Hyphenation of dependence

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

de-pen-dence

Definitions of dependence:

1.	The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
2.	Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

Synonyms of dependence:

noun	dependance, dependency, state
noun	addiction, dependency, habituation, physiological state, physiological condition

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.