break

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noun

1 short rest; short holiday/vacation

ADJECTIVE

▪ little, quick, short

▪ coffee, dinner (esp. BrE), lunch, tea (BrE)

▪ Christmas, Easter, holiday

▪ Are you going away for the Easter break?

▪ spring, summer, winter

▪ weekend (esp. BrE)

▪ I won a weekend break in Paris.

▪ 10-minute, two-week, etc.

▪ We have a 15-minute break in the morning.

VERB + BREAK

▪ have, take

▪ We'll take a break now and resume in an hour.

▪ need, want

▪ deserve

▪ enjoy

BREAK + NOUN

▪ time (= between lessons at school) (BrE)

PREPOSITION

▪ at break (BrE)

▪ I'll see you at break.

▪ during (a/the) break

▪ I had a word with John during the break.

▪ without a break

▪ We worked all day without a break.

▪ break for

▪ a break for lunch

▪ break from

▪ a break from caring for the children

2 change/interruption in sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ clean, complete, sharp

▪ career

▪ commercial (esp. AmE)

▪ nice, welcome (esp. BrE)

VERB + BREAK

▪ make

▪ His new work makes a break with the past.

▪ I wanted to leave but was nervous about making the break.

PREPOSITION

▪ break from

▪ a break from tradition

▪ break in

▪ a break in the weather

▪ break with

3 opportunity

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, lucky

VERB + BREAK

▪ get

▪ I always knew I would get my lucky break one day.

▪ give sb

▪ He's the director who gave her her first big break.
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verb

ADVERB

▪ easily

▪ in half, in two

▪ She broke the bar in two and gave a piece to me.

▪ apart, up

▪ She broke the chocolate up into small pieces.

PREPOSITION

▪ into

▪ The glass broke into hundreds of pieces.

PHRASAL VERBS

break down

1 fail

ADVERB

▪ completely, irretrievably

▪ Their marriage had broken down irretrievably.

▪ eventually

2 start crying

PHRASES

▪ break down and cry, break down in tears

▪ She broke down in tears as she spoke to reporters.

break off

ADVERB

▪ abruptly, immediately

▪ He broke off abruptly when Jo walked in.

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪ She broke off from the conversation to answer the telephone.

Break is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cloud, ↑dam, ↑dawn, ↑day, ↑daylight, ↑egg, ↑elastic, ↑glass, ↑heart, ↑nail, ↑nerve, ↑news, ↑scandal, ↑spring, ↑stem, ↑storm, ↑story, ↑string, ↑surf, ↑swell, ↑twig, ↑voice, ↑wave, ↑weather, ↑window, ↑zip

Break is used with these nouns as the object: ↑agreement, ↑ankle, ↑arm, ↑back, ↑barrier, ↑blockade, ↑bond, ↑bone, ↑camp, ↑ceasefire, ↑ceiling, ↑chain, ↑chocolate, ↑circuit, ↑code, ↑concentration, ↑confidence, ↑confidentiality, ↑connection, ↑consensus, ↑continuity, ↑contract, ↑convention, ↑cover, ↑curfew, ↑curse, ↑cycle, ↑date, ↑deadlock, ↑drought, ↑egg, ↑embargo, ↑engagement, ↑faith, ↑fall, ↑fast, ↑finger, ↑fingernail, ↑flow, ↑glass, ↑habit, ↑heart, ↑hip, ↑hold, ↑hole, ↑huddle, ↑illusion, ↑impasse, ↑jaw, ↑journey, ↑law, ↑lease, ↑leg, ↑limit, ↑link, ↑lock, ↑mark, ↑mirror, ↑monopoly, ↑mood, ↑mould, ↑nail, ↑neck, ↑news, ↑nose, ↑oath, ↑pact, ↑pane, ↑parole, ↑pelvis, ↑pledge, ↑precedent, ↑promise, ↑quiet, ↑record, ↑regulation, ↑resistance, ↑rhythm, ↑rib, ↑routine, ↑rule, ↑sabbath, ↑seal, ↑shoelace, ↑siege, ↑silence, ↑skin, ↑skyline, ↑speed limit, ↑spell, ↑spine, ↑spirit, ↑spring, ↑stalemate, ↑stem, ↑stereotype, ↑stillness, ↑stone, ↑story, ↑streak, ↑stride, ↑strike, ↑string, ↑surface, ↑suspense, ↑symmetry, ↑taboo, ↑tackle, ↑tension, ↑tie, ↑toe, ↑tooth, ↑tradition, ↑train, ↑trance, ↑treaty, ↑truce, ↑trust, ↑twig, ↑vase, ↑vow, ↑will, ↑window, ↑windscreen, ↑word, ↑wrist

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Synonyms:

Rend, sever, part, dispart, fracture, tear asunder, Be shattered, be shivered, be dashed to pieces, Breach, opening, gap, fissure, rent, rift, chasm, rupture, fracture / Disclose, open, unfold, lay open / Shatter, shiver, smash, batter, dash to pieces, Burst, explode, Interruption, pause, caesura / Enfeeble, enervate, weaken, impair, Open, dawn, appear, Dawn, dawning / Tame, make tractable, make docile, Become bankrupt / Make bankrupt, bankrupt, Decline, lose health or strength / Discard, dismiss, discharge, degrade, cashier / Violate, infringe, transgress, disobey, set at nought / Lessen the force of (as a fall), mitigate / Interrupt, stop, intermit, cut short

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Break — (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. {broke} (br[=o]k), (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken} (br[=o] k n), (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Break — (br[=a]k), v. i. 1. To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder. [1913 Webster] 2. To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
break — ► VERB (past broke; past part. broken) 1) separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain. 2) make or become inoperative; stop working. 3) interrupt (a continuity, sequence, or course). 4) fail to observe (a law, regulation, or… … English terms dictionary
break — vb Break, crack, burst, bust, snap, shatter, shiver are comparable as general terms meaning fundamentally to come apart or cause to come apart. Break basically implies the operation of a stress or strain that will cause a rupture, a fracture, a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
break — [brāk] vt. broke, broken, breaking [ME breken < OE brecan < IE base * bhreg > BREACH, BREECH, Ger brechen, L frangere] 1. to cause to come apart by force; split or crack sharply into pieces; smash; burst 2. a) … English World dictionary
break — / brāk/ vb broke / brōk/, bro·ken, / brō kən/, break·ing, / brā kiŋ/ vt 1 a: violate transgress break the law … Law dictionary
break — [n1] fissure, opening breach, cleft, crack, discontinuity, disjunction, division, fracture, gap, gash, hole, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split, tear; concepts 230,757 Ant. association, attachment, binding, combination, fastening, juncture break… … New thesaurus
Break — (br[=a]k), n. [See {Break}, v. t., and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Breach}, {Brack} a crack.] 1. An opening made by fracture or disruption. [1913 Webster] 2. An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
break-up — break ups also breakup 1) N COUNT: usu N of n, n N The break up of a marriage, relationship, or association is the act of it finishing or coming to an end because the people involved decide that it is not working successfully. Since the break up… … English dictionary
break up — {v.} 1. To break into pieces. * /The workmen broke up the pavement to dig up the pipes under it./ * /River ice breaks up in the spring./ 2. {informal} To lose or destroy spirit or self control. Usually used in the passive. * /Mrs. Lawrence was… … Dictionary of American idioms
break up — {v.} 1. To break into pieces. * /The workmen broke up the pavement to dig up the pipes under it./ * /River ice breaks up in the spring./ 2. {informal} To lose or destroy spirit or self control. Usually used in the passive. * /Mrs. Lawrence was… … Dictionary of American idioms

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