Hyphenation of widening

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word widening? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

widen-ing

Definitions of widening:

1.	An increase in width
2.	A part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park
3.	The act of making something wider

Synonyms of widening:

noun	broadening, increase, increment, growth
noun	turnout, part, portion
noun	broadening, change of shape

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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.