Hyphenation of holding

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

hold-ing

Definitions of holding:

1.	The act of retaining something
2.	Something owned Any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone That hat is my property He is a man of property

Synonyms of holding:

adj	retaining, retentive
noun	retention, keeping, possession, ownership
noun	property, belongings, material possession, possession

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.