Hyphenation of elevate

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

el-e-vate

Definitions of elevate:

1.	Give a promotion to or assign to a higher position John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired Women tend not to advance in the major law firms I got promoted after many years of hard work
2.	Raise from a lower to a higher position Raise your hands Lift a load
3.	Raise in rank or condition The new law lifted many people from poverty

Synonyms of elevate:

verb	promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, delegate, designate, depute, assign
verb	raise, lift, get up, bring up, move, displace
verb	lift, raise, change, alter, modify

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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.