Hyphenation of inflation

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

in-fla-tion

Definitions of inflation:

1.	A general and progressive increase in prices In inflation everything gets more valuable except money
2.	(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
3.	Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
4.	The act of filling something with air

Synonyms of inflation:

noun	rising prices, economic process
noun	explosion, detonation, blowup
noun	ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, inelegance
noun	expansion, enlargement

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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.