Hyphenation of elude

Are you trying to hyphenate elude? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

elude

Definitions of elude:

1.	Escape, either physically or mentally The thief eluded the police This difficult idea seems to evade her The event evades explanation
2.	Be incomprehensible to Escape understanding by What you are seeing in him eludes me
3.	Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) He dodged the issue She skirted the problem They tend to evade their responsibilities He evaded the questions skillfully

Synonyms of elude:

verb	evade, bilk, escape, get away, break loose
verb	escape, perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
verb	hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep, avoid

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.