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Definition of soft hyphen noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

soft hyphen

noun

/ˌsɒft ˈhaɪfn/

/ˌsɔːft ˈhaɪfn/

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a hyphen in a word that is displayed or printed only if it comes at the end of a line

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