breakdown
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn/
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desglose
- In fact, if you look at the fiscal breakdown, Greg, it's astounding.
- demographic breakdown
- gender breakdown
- ethnic breakdown
Well, let's have a look at the month by month breakdown of that GDP value.
- Well, let's have a look at the month by month breakdown of that GDP value.
- And Descartes provides this entire sort of breakdown of what's going on with the emotions.
- So, you know, that's really, that's really the need versus want breakdown of labels.
- This is the breakdown of the leading economic indicators.
- Now let's look at the age breakdown next.
- That one's just a breakdown of euphoria.
Examples
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The study also provided breakdowns of these data, which reveal considerable disparities among the regions.
Academic text (1997) -
I gave him the breakdown, just like you said.
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So this is a breakdown of the different use types.
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This is the whole breakdown of the idea.
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Inside is a breakdown of every person, place, or thing.
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And this is how the demographic breakdown of this went.
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Table 3 provides a breakdown of the expenditures of the program.
Academic text (2011) -
Table 1 shows the sample breakdown by gender, age, ethnicity, and special education status.
Academic text (2013) -
Figure 1 shows the results graphically, and Table 3 shows the breakdown of the emissions estimates by gas.
Academic text (1993) -
The report provided a detailed breakdown of the project's expenses and revenue sources.
Synonyms
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3.4
Careful study of something by breaking it into parts to understand
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2.9
The process of making something into parts or equal parts in math
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3.7
The process of putting things into groups by shared features
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4.4
Putting things, people, or ideas into groups because they are similar
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6.1
Dividing something into separate parts
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6.0
Dividing something into parts or groups
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7.9
Breaking a whole into smaller separate parts
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 Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Breakdown comes from the words break ('to separate') and down ('into smaller parts'). So a breakdown of costs or data is a clear list that 'separates' the whole into parts.