Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard return

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English

Syllables
hard re-turn
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The type of newline that represents the semantic concept of a paragraph break (as opposed to the type that represents merely a line break in word wrap); sometimes represented visually with the pilcrow character (¶).

Inflected Forms

hard returns (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

soft return

Questions

What does hard return mean?
The type of newline that represents the semantic concept of a paragraph break (as opposed to the type that represents merely a line break in word wrap); sometimes represented visually with the pilcrow character (¶).

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