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An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
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The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.
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A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
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He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.
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A rest or pause, usually from work.
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Let’s take a five-minute break.
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A time for students to talk or play.
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A short holiday.
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a weekend break on the Isle of Wight
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A temporary split with a romantic partner.
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I think we need a break.
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An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
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A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
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big break
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The beginning (of the morning).
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at the break of day
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An act of escaping.
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It was a clean break.
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The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
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A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
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A point or condition in a program at which operation may be suspended during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated. A breakpoint.
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A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
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A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
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(equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
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A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
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The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note.
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The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
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Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master.
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Usu. plural An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).