Hyphenation of illustration

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

il-lus-tra-tion

Definitions of illustration:

1.	Artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
2.	Showing by example
3.	An item of information that is typical of a class or group This patient provides a typical example of the syndrome There is an example on page 10
4.	A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand

Synonyms of illustration:

noun	artwork, art, graphics, nontextual matter
noun	exemplification, demonstration, demo
noun	example, instance, representative, information
noun	representation

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.