PLEASE HELP ASAP What is the purpose of dots between parts of a word in a dictionary?

to show you how to pronounce the word

to show you another way to write the word

to show how many letters in a word

to show the syllables in a word

to show you another way to write the word

It's basically to show a writer when it's a good spot to break down a word when it can't fit into a line.

they both lost a woman they loved named lenore

they believed they interracted with a talking raven

they became orphaned at a young age.

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