Hyphenation of designation

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

des-ig-na-tion

Definitions of designation:

1.	Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
2.	The act of putting a person into a non-elective position The appointment had to be approved by the whole committee
3.	The act of designating or identifying something

Synonyms of designation:

noun	appellation, denomination, appellative, name
noun	appointment, assignment, naming, decision, determination, conclusion
noun	identification, determination, finding

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.