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- [breyk uhp]
- /breɪk ʌp/
- /breɪk ʌp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [breyk uhp]
- /breɪk ʌp/
Definitions of break up words
- phrasal verb break up When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts. 3
- phrasal verb break up If you break up with your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife, your relationship with that person ends. 3
- phrasal verb break up If a marriage breaks up or if someone breaks it up, the marriage ends and the partners separate. 3
- phrasal verb break up When a meeting or gathering breaks up or when someone breaks it up, it is brought to an end and the people involved in it leave. 3
- phrasal verb break up When a school or the pupils in it break up, the school term ends and the pupils start their holidays. 3
- phrasal verb break up If you say that someone is breaking up when you are speaking to them on a mobile telephone, you mean that you can only hear parts of what they are saying because the signal is interrupted. 3
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Origin of break up
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
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Parts of speech for Break up
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
break up 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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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for break up
verb break up
- suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
- divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
Antonyms for break up
verb break up
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- marry — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- put together — assemble
- continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
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