"breaking" meaning in English

See breaking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-breaking.ogg [US] Forms: breakings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} breaking (countable and uncountable, plural breakings)
  1. The act by which something is broken. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-noun-fkGc6Jue
  2. (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-noun-bgKzYOFY Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-noun-ZCo~WGEK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 21 37 38 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. Breakdancing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dance
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-noun-sd3Aibdg Disambiguation of Dance: 0 4 18 46 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 21 37 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 3 15 51 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: breaking news, breaking and entering, breaking of the waters, sequence breaking, strike breaking Translations (in linguistics: vowel breaking): Brechung [feminine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'in linguistics: vowel breaking': 0 52 48 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-breaking.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} breaking
  1. present participle and gerund of break Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: break Derived forms: breaking change, late-breaking, record-breaking
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-verb-fnkdaVz~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 21 37 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: breaking news

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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