Hyphenation of prelim

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

pre-lim

Definitions of prelim:

1.	A minor match preceding the main event
2.	An examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue

Synonyms of prelim:

noun	preliminary, athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics
noun	preliminary examination, preliminary exam, examination, exam, test

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.