Hyphenation of received

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

re-ceived

Definitions of received:

1.	Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers Standard English (American) Received standard English is sometimes called the King's English (British)
2.	Widely accepted as true or worthy A received moral idea Received political wisdom says not Surveys show otherwise- Economist

Synonyms of received:

adj	standard, acceptable, accepted, normative, prescriptive
adj	accepted, conventional

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.