Hyphenation of description

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

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Definitions of description:

1.	A statement that represents something in words
2.	The act of describing something
3.	Sort or variety Every description of book was there

Synonyms of description:

noun	verbal description, statement
noun	speech act
noun	kind, sort, form, variety

Last hyphenations of this language

desiccate Yuletide polytonic Tilly dyspraxia jussive dunno dextran moonlit moolah mottle debate virginity derringer monotonousness numbness fun titanically detonated punnet

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.