Hyphenation of elevates

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

el-e-vates

Definitions of elevates:

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

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.