Hyphenation of expatriate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word expatriate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

ex-pa-tri-ate

Definitions of expatriate:

1.	A person who is voluntarily absent from home or country American expatriates
2.	Expel from a country The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions
3.	Move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad

Synonyms of expatriate:

noun	exile, absentee
verb	deport, exile, expel, throw out, kick out
verb	emigrate

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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.