breakup
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈbreɪkˌʌp/
- You know, maybe you could talk about your breakup?
- romantic breakup
- relationship breakup
- experience a breakup
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Watch on YouTubeOr maybe this person is going through a bad breakup or their thyroid is off.
- Or maybe this person is going through a bad breakup or their thyroid is off.
- So recognize and acknowledge the breakup was necessary.
- But again, the breakup is a blessing.
- The theme today is breakups and brush offs.
- Many of those situations end up with breakups and divorces.
- Your job is to take ownership of your own breakup and you're moving on.
- More songs are about breakups than finding love.
- Number two reason that these breakups feel harder are self blame and confusion.
- I don't want to say breakups, but breakups happen because of drifting.
- I just did a full breakup podcast with the Stallone sisters.
- This this week is a time when a lot of breakups happen.
- So for example, we'll compose a relationship breakup song by Ed Sheeran.
- Famously Miz now after the breakup, right?
- Because in a breakup, it is about us.
Examples
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Do you wanna talk about the breakup with Donald?
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All Julian knew was that this breakup had been the most painful yet.
Fiction book (1996) -
Do they take full responsibility for their role in the breakup?
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So recognize and acknowledge the breakup was necessary.
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I saw how hard your breakup with Folette was.
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Your job is to take ownership of your own breakup and you're moving on.
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In this university student sample, two-thirds of the students had experienced a breakup approximately 3 months previously.
Academic text (2009) -
Concerns are widespread about the impact of family breakups on American society.
Academic text (1998) -
Adolescents who had experienced parental breakup had a lower age of sexual debut.
Academic text (2003) -
After their long relationship ended, she found it difficult to cope with the breakup.
Synonyms
118
3.4
An ending of a relationship or cooperation after disagreement
68
4.4
A failure in a system or relationship that stops it working properly
63
4.7
The act of ending something, like a job or contract
44
6.9
An end to a connection between people or groups
31
4.4
A disagreement that ends or weakens a relationship
22
6.8
The official ending of a group like a partnership or parliament
22
3.7
When married people stop living together but are not divorced
15
3.9
A complete ending of a relationship or old life to start fresh
8
4.2
Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet
6
6.8
When a group or society breaks into smaller parts and loses shared values
4
7.1
A serious break between people or groups that causes a lack of trust
4
6.5
The act of stopping a connection or ending involvement with something
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6.1
The act of separating something from the thing it is connected to
3
6.1
A time when people or groups separate and go different ways
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5.2
The legal ending of a marriage that a court approves
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9.9
The end of a romantic relationship, for example a breakup or divorce
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6.1
The legal end of a marriage decided by a court
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7.8
The act of separating something from a group or connection
1
4.3
An ending of a relationship or agreement, often sudden
1
7.5
Breaking up an organized group like a band or army
1
4.7
A sudden end of an activity, relationship, or talk
1
8.7
Ending a romantic relationship in a calm, friendly way to reduce hurt
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8.0
Ending membership or connection with a group
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5.0
An act of leaving a group suddenly to be on your own
Antonyms
How Permanent
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2.9
119
3.4
220
2.6
580
2.3
18
3.7
53
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Breakup comes from break ('to separate') plus up ('completely'), and it is used when a relationship or group ends; a breakup is when people separate and go their own ways.