Hyphenation of emphases

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word emphases? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

em-phases

Definitions of emphases:

1.	Special importance or significance The red light gave the central figure increased emphasis The room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents
2.	Intensity or forcefulness of expression The vehemence of his denial His emphasis on civil rights
3.	Special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
4.	The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) He put the stress on the wrong syllable

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.