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anti-clockwise

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "anti-clockwise" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables
14 characters
English (US)
2syllables

anti-clockwise

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anti-clockwise is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, anti-clockwise is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofanti-clockwise

1adjective
  • (South Africa, AU, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
1adverb
  • In an anticlockwise fashion.
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