Meaning

4 senses
  1. The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.

    Trennung

  2. The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship.

    Auflösung, Beendigung, Ende

    the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

  3. A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.

  4. (Canada, Northern)The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring.

Examples

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  1. Tom couldn't think of Mary without remembering how painful their breakup had been.

    ruТом не мог думать о Мэри, не вспоминая, каким болезненным был их разрыв.

    deTom konnte nicht ohne die Erinnerung an die Schmerzhaftigkeit der Trennung an Maria denken.

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  2. I heard about your breakup.

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  3. Sami considered this as a breakup.

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  4. Sami took the breakup so hard.

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  5. Sami had a really horrible breakup.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division:
termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship:

Origin

Deverbal from break up.

Deverbal from break up.

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Forms

plural: breakups

Synonyms

7 synonyms
act of breaking up:splitB1rupturesplit-up
termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship:falling out
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
seasons:freeze-up

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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