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: Mary Norris explains the difference between a hyphen, an en dash, and an em dash.

From The New Yorker

I hadn’t thought of myself for such a role previously; a poor speller, I rarely copy edited my own papers in college and didn’t have an opinion about the en dash, or even know how to use one.

From Slate

In instances such as given in the two preceding rules the en dash may sometimes serve if the em dash appears too conspicuous.

From Project Gutenberg