Hyphenation of poised

Are you trying to hyphenate poised? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

poised

Definitions of poised:

1.	Marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action A gull in poised flight George's poised hammer
2.	In full control of your faculties The witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination Perfectly poised and sure of himself More self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen Strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble

Synonyms of poised:

adj	balanced
adj	collected, equanimous, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed, composed

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.