space-bar

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [speys bahr]
- /speɪs bɑr/
- /speɪs bɑː(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [speys bahr]
- /speɪs bɑr/

Definitions of space-bar word

noun space-bar a horizontal bar on a typewriter keyboard that is depressed in order to resume typing one space to the right. 1
noun space-bar a horizontal bar on a computer keyboard that is depressed in order to move the cursor one space to the right or, often, to perform some function in a program. 1
noun space-bar a horizontal bar on a typewriter that is depressed in order to leave a space between words, letters, etc 0
noun space-bar a bar, as at the bottom of a typewriter keyboard, pressed to leave a blank space or spaces rather than to produce a character 0

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Origin of space-bar

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

First recorded in 1885-90

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Space-bar

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Space-bar

space-bar popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.