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public-school

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "public-school" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables
13 characters
English (US)
2syllables

public-school

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

public-school 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, public-school is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofpublic-school

1noun
  • Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school
  • A college or university
  • (formerly Scottish) A publicly funded and administered school; such schools in the context of other countries
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