"word break" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: word breaks [plural]
Etymology: word + break Etymology templates: {{compound|en|word|break}} word + break Head templates: {{en-noun}} word break (plural word breaks)
  1. (usually) A point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen: an intersyllabic division. Tags: usually Translations (a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen): woordafbreking [feminine] (Dutch), coupure [feminine] (French), Worttrennung [feminine] (German), elválasztás (Hungarian), szóelválasztás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-word_break-en-noun-d4mXFV5Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'a point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line, typically at the end of a syllable and marked with a hyphen': 95 5
  2. A word boundary, as operationally defined by either linguistics or computing. Synonyms: wordbreak, word-break Related terms: line break, page break, paragraph break, section break, hyphenation
    Sense id: en-word_break-en-noun-37KlW4vk

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