Hyphenation of referees

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

ref-er-ees

Definitions of referees:

1.	(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
2.	Someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
3.	An attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
4.	Be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
5.	Evaluate professionally a colleague's work

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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.