Hyphenation of utility

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

util-i-ty

Definitions of utility:

1.	A company that performs a public service Subject to government regulation
2.	The quality of being of practical use
3.	The service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility The cost of utilities never decreases All the utilities were lost after the hurricane
4.	(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice
5.	(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer A computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users
6.	A facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal The price of the house included all utilities
7.	Used of beef Usable but inferior
8.	Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team A utility infielder

Synonyms of utility:

adj	utility-grade, inferior
adj	substitute, secondary
noun	public utility, public-service corporation, service
noun	usefulness, quality
noun	service
noun	system of measurement, metric
noun	utility program, service program, program, programme, computer program, computer programme
noun	facility, installation

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.