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- [brek-fuh st]
- /ˈbrɛk fəst/
- /ˈbrek.fəst/
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- [brek-fuh st]
- /ˈbrɛk fəst/
Definitions of breakfasted word
- noun breakfasted the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m. 1
- noun breakfasted the food eaten at the first meal of the day: a breakfast of bacon and eggs. 1
- verb without object breakfasted to eat breakfast: He breakfasted on bacon and eggs. 1
- verb with object breakfasted to supply with breakfast: We breakfasted the author in the finest restaurant. 1
- verb breakfasted simple past tense and past participle of breakfast. 0
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Origin of breakfasted
First appearance:
before 1425 One of the 25% oldest English words
First recorded in 1425-75, breakfast is from the late Middle English word brekfast. See break, fast2
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Parts of speech for Breakfasted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
breakfasted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% 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".
breakfasted usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for breakfasted
verb breakfasted
- feast — any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
- consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- banquet — A banquet is a grand formal dinner.
- sup — to take liquid into the mouth in small quantities, as by spoonfuls or sips.
- fall to — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
Antonyms for breakfasted
verb breakfasted
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
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