break
An instance of breaking something into two or more piecesAn instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
» Let's take a break for coffee.
Lass uns eine Kaffeepause machen.
Давайте прервёмся на кофе.
Давайте зробимо перерву на каву.
Meaning
33 sensesAn instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.
Bruch
the act of breaking something
A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
The sun came out in a break in the clouds.
He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.
Öffnung, Spalt
разло́мrazlóm
An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
A rest or pause, usually from work.
Let’s take a five-minute break.
be on break
Pause
переры́вpererýv
пере́рваperérva
a pause from doing something (as work)
A rest or pause, usually from work.
(UK)A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
winter break, spring break
A short holiday.
a weekend break on the Isle of Wight
A temporary split with a romantic partner.
I think we need a break.
Beziehungspause
An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
Unterbrechung, Pause
A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
big break
lucky break, bad break
Wechsel, Umbruch, Bruch
поворо́тpovorót
A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
a sudden dash
The beginning (of the morning).
daybreak
at the break of day
Anbruch
Examples
4301 sentencesLet's take a break for coffee.
Давайте зробимо перерву на каву. — zaytsev126
ruДавайте прервёмся на кофе. — odexed
deLass uns eine Kaffeepause machen. — Esperantostern
Don't step on the broken glass.
Не наступайте на розбите скло. — iceman
ruНе наступайте на разбитое стекло. — nami
deNicht auf die Glasscherben treten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Let's have a ten-minute break.
Зробімо перерву на десять хвилин. — rozmaita
ruДавайте сделаем перерыв на десять минут. — Olya
deLasst uns zehn Minuten Pause machen. — MUIRIEL
We have a break from 10:40 to 11:00.
У нас перерва з 10:40 до 11:00. — uandr
ruУ нас перерыв с 10:40 до 11:00. — heccele
deWir haben von 10:40h bis 11:00h Pause. — Wolf
I hope war doesn't break out.
Сподіваюся, війна не вибухне. — deniko
deIch hoffe, dass es keinen Krieg geben wird. — sigfrido
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 5
By meaning 12
Origin
From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West GermanicFrom Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Doublet of bray.
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Forms
plural: breaksSynonyms
77 synonyms- an escape from jail:breakoutjailbreakgaolbreakprisonbreakprison-breaking
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity:interruptiondisruptiongap
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving:break of serve
- an unexpected piece of good luck:good luckhappy chance
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare:open frame
- the act of breaking something:breakagebreaking
Word family
98 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- take a break
- break up with
- to break up
- a short break
- broken the window
- a broken leg
- leg was broken
- broken any rules
- broken leg
- tried to break
- was broken into
- breaking the law