Hyphenation of engagement

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

en-gage-ment

Definitions of engagement:

1.	A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga He lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
2.	A meeting arranged in advance She asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date
3.	A mutual promise to marry
4.	The act of giving someone a job
5.	Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time The play had bookings throughout the summer
6.	Contact by fitting together The engagement of the clutch The meshing of gears
7.	The act of sharing in the activities of a group The teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities

Synonyms of engagement:

noun	battle, conflict, fight, military action, action
noun	date, appointment, meeting, get together
noun	betrothal, troth, promise
noun	employment, action
noun	booking, employment, work
noun	mesh, meshing, interlocking, contact, impinging, striking
noun	participation, involvement, involution, group action

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.