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syllabication
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun syllabication has 1 sense
- syllabication(n = noun.act) syllabification - forming or dividing words into syllables; Array is a kind of division
Derived form verb syllabicate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
syllabication, n.
The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., 1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
syllabication, n. (also syllabification) () division into or articulation by syllables.
Derivative
syllabify v.tr. (-ies, -ied).
Etymology
med.L syllabicatio f. syllabicare f. L syllaba: see SYLLABLE
ROGET THESAURUS
syllabication
Grammar
N grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation, parts of speech, jussive, syllabication, inflection, case, declension, conjugation, us et norma loquendi, Lindley Murray, correct style, philology.
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