Hyphenation of returning

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

re-turn-ing

Definitions of returning:

1.	Tending to return to an earlier state
2.	Tending to be turned back

Synonyms of returning:

adj	reverting, regressive
adj	reversive, backward

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.