Hyphenation of maintenance

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

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Definitions of maintenance :

1.	Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order He wrote the manual on car care
2.	Means of maintenance of a family or group
3.	Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
4.	The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence They were in want of sustenance Fishing was their main sustainment
5.	The unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community Unlike champerty
6.	Criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit

Synonyms of maintenance :

noun	care, upkeep, repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
noun	support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
noun	alimony, support payment
noun	sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, upkeep, support

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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.