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break camp

break camp
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [breyk kamp]
    • /breɪk kæmp/
    • /breɪk kæmp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [breyk kamp]
    • /breɪk kæmp/

Definitions of break camp words

  • noun break camp to pack up equipment and leave a camp 3
  • noun break camp to dismantle a camp; pack up camping equipment and go away 3
  • verb with object break camp to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase. 1
  • verb with object break camp to infringe, ignore, or act contrary to (a law, rule, promise, etc.): She broke her promise. 1
  • verb with object break camp to dissolve or annul (often followed by off): to break off friendly relations with another country. 1
  • verb with object break camp to fracture a bone of (some part of the body): He broke his leg. 1

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Origin of break camp

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English breken, Old English brecan; cognate with Dutch breken, German brechen, Gothic brikan; akin to Latin frangere; see fragile

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Break camp

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

break camp popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for break camp

verb break camp

  • clear out — If you tell someone to clear out of a place or to clear out, you are telling them rather rudely to leave the place.
  • decamp — If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly.
  • depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
  • leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • move — to pass from one place or position to another.

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