Hyphenation of referral

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

re-fer-ral

Definitions of referral:

1.	A person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group The patient is a referral from Dr. Bones
2.	A recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred The insurance company says that you need a written referral from your physician before seeing a specialist
3.	The act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)

Synonyms of referral:

noun	recommendation
noun	forwarding

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.