en dash

noun

, Printing.

1. a dash one en long.

en dash

noun

1. printing a dash (–) one en long

Example Sentences

Indeed, this 5,000 year-old piece of punctuation has only stood in for letters the last three centuries or so, joined by the en dash in the 1950s.

From The Guardian

Watch: Comma Queen Mary Norris clarifies the difference between the hyphen, the en dash, and the em dash.

From The New Yorker

Watch: Comma Queen Mary Norris clarifies the difference between the hyphen, the en dash, and the em dash.

From The New Yorker

Watch: Comma Queen Mary Norris clarifies the difference between the hyphen, the en dash, and the em dash.

From The New Yorker

Watch: Comma Queen Mary Norris clarifies the difference between the hyphen, the en dash, and the em dash.

From The New Yorker