Hyphenation of maturation

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

mat-u-ra-tion

Definitions of maturation:

1.	Coming to full development Becoming mature
2.	(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically A purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
3.	(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

Synonyms of maturation:

noun	ripening, maturement, organic process, biological process
noun	growth, growing, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis, organic process, biological process
noun	festering, suppuration, bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity

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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.