newsbreak

news·break

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nooz-breyk, nyooz-]
- /ˈnuzˌbreɪk, ˈnyuz-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nooz-breyk, nyooz-]
- /ˈnuzˌbreɪk, ˈnyuz-/

Definitions of newsbreak word

noun newsbreak a newsworthy event or incident. 1
noun newsbreak Radio and Television. a station break that consists typically of two or three short news items. 1
noun newsbreak a first airing or announcement of a particular news story 0

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Origin of newsbreak

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55; news + break

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Parts of speech for Newsbreak

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Newsbreak

newsbreak popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for newsbreak

noun newsbreak

fifteen minutes of fame — Alternative form of 15 minutes of fame.
outtake — a segment of film or videotape edited out of the final version, as because of a technical error.

All 2 Synonyms of newsbreak