breakout
An escape from prisonAn escape from prison.
» It became his breakout work.
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7 senses(countable, uncountable)An escape from prison.
побе́гpobég
an escape from jail
(countable, uncountable)An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
(countable, uncountable)The point at which visibility returns after passing through clouds.
(countable, uncountable)An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
вспы́шкаvspýška
(countable, uncountable)A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
(countable, uncountable)A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
(uncountable)A style of video game that involves moving a paddle to deflect a ball into a wall of bricks to eliminate them one by one.
Examples
1 sentencesIt became his breakout work.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Deverbal from break out. The video game genre is named after Breakout, the first game of tDeverbal from break out. The video game genre is named after Breakout, the first game of this kind, released in 1976 by Atari.
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Forms
plural: breakoutsSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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