Hyphenation of prevention

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word prevention? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pre-ven-tion

Definitions of prevention:

1.	The act of preventing There was no bar against leaving Money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza

Synonyms of prevention:

noun	bar, hindrance, interference

Last hyphenations of this language

incapacitate fro deplant focoids sporrans cantare raunchiness ramify Nepidae isar Inference Capillaries cleanup tumultuousness curvaceousness Bridegroom Idonna noticeable deign

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.