Hyphenation of mating

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

mat-ing

Definitions of mating:

1.	The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes The casual couplings of adolescents The mating of some species occurs only in the spring

Synonyms of mating:

noun	coupling, pairing, conjugation, union, sexual union, sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity

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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.