Hyphenation of supporting

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

sup-port-ing

Definitions of supporting:

1.	The act of bearing the weight of or strengthening He leaned against the wall for support
2.	Furnishing support and encouragement The anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher
3.	Capable of bearing a structural load A supporting wall

Synonyms of supporting:

adj	encouraging, supportive
adj	load-bearing, bearing
noun	support, activity

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.