breakdown
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn/
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- After several reminders, the team faced a major breakdown in communication during the project.
- equipment breakdown
You'd But you need faith that it won't be so bad that Amazon's logistics breakdown.
- You'd But you need faith that it won't be so bad that Amazon's logistics breakdown.
- It's that greyhound breakdown now people been in the irony and greyhound breakdown is that grounds breakdown all the time.
Examples
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The software experienced a breakdown just before the presentation, causing delays.
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I gotta get something together for my car, which had a breakdown today.
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One of the chief reasons for a car breakdown is a weak or defective battery.
Blog text (32) -
Poor maintenance resulted in frequent breakdowns and safety problems.
Academic text (1993) -
Many reports of equipment breakdowns at polling stations are causing huge backups in the lines.
Blog text (13) -
Over the same period, 651 tankers experienced technical breakdowns or malfunctions in the passage.
Academic text (2009) -
The compressor wheels are machined to evenly distribute radial stresses and prevent breakdowns.
Academic text (1994) -
My car had a breakdown on the highway, leaving me stranded for hours.
Synonyms
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3.3
Loss of the ability to work, especially of an organ or machine
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4.1
A sudden failure, for example of a person or a building
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3.0
A short time when something stops or is delayed
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5.8
A sudden total failure that causes serious damage to a system
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3.4
A machine or device that stops working when you need it
An unexpected failure of a machine that stops it working
A condition in which two systems or devices cannot work together
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
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5.3
A time when someone is so stressed or upset they cannot live normally and need medical help
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6.3
A severe time when someone cannot manage daily life because of strong feelings
People fail to share information clearly and so cause misunderstanding
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Breakdown comes from the words break ('to stop working or come apart') and down ('not working'). So a machine breakdown is when equipment 'stops' and cannot work.