Hyphenation of quotation

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

quo-ta-tion

Definitions of quotation:

1.	A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage The student's essay failed to list several important citations The acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book The article includes mention of similar clinical cases
2.	A passage or expression that is quoted or cited
3.	A statement of the current market price of a security or commodity
4.	The practice of quoting from books or plays etc. Since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation

Synonyms of quotation:

noun	citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, note, annotation, notation
noun	quote, citation, excerpt, extract, selection
noun	statement
noun	practice, pattern

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.