break, n.
(breaks)
freq. cnt. 9
(breaks)
freq. cnt. 9
some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
break interruption
sample sentences
"the telephone is an annoying interruption""there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
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an unexpected piece of good luck
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
break good luck happy chance
sample sentences
"he finally got his big break"
semantic pointers
hypernym
the act of breaking something
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
break breakage breaking
sample sentences
"the breakage was unavoidable"
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a pause from doing something (as work)
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
break recess respite time out
sample sentences
"we took a 10-minute break""he took time out to recuperate"
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
breach break falling out rift rupture severance
sample sentences
"they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
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lexical pointers
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(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
<noun.object> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
break fault faulting fracture geological fault shift
sample sentences
"they built it right over a geological fault""he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
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lexical pointers
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an escape from jail
<noun.act>
break breakout gaolbreak jailbreak prison-breaking prisonbreak
sample sentences
"the breakout was carefully planned"
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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hypernym
any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
<noun.act>
break open frame
sample sentences
"the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"
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a sudden dash
<noun.act>
break
sample sentences
"he made a break for the open door"
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1
break disruption gap interruption
sample sentences
"it was presented without commercial breaks""there was a gap in his account"
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(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
<noun.act>
break break of serve
sample sentences
"he was up two breaks in the second set"
the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
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break
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an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
<noun.event>
break
sample sentences
"then there was a break in her voice"
semantic pointers
hypernym
the occurrence of breaking
<noun.event>
break
sample sentences
"the break in the dam threatened the valley"
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breaking of hard tissue such as bone
<noun.state>
break fracture
sample sentences
"it was a nasty fracture""the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
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a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12
break intermission interruption pause suspension
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