Hyphenation of essay

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

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Definitions of essay:

1.	An analytic or interpretive literary composition
2.	A tentative attempt
3.	Make an effort or attempt He tried to shake off his fears The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps The police attempted to stop the thief He sought to improve himself She always seeks to do good in the world
4.	Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to This approach has been tried with good results Test this recipe

Synonyms of essay:

noun	writing, written material, piece of writing
noun	attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
verb	try, seek, attempt, assay, act, move
verb	test, prove, try, try out, examine, judge

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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.