"word break" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: word breaks [plural]
Etymology: From 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 62 38 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': 94 6
  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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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