Hyphenation of preterit

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

preter-it

Definitions of preterit:

1.	A term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense

Synonyms of preterit:

noun	preterite, past, past tense

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.