"breakup" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪk.ʌp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-breakup.wav Forms: breakups [plural], break up [alternative], break-up [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪkʌp Etymology: Deverbal from break up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|break up}} Deverbal from break up Head templates: {{en-noun}} breakup (plural breakups)
  1. The act of breaking up; disintegration or division. Synonyms (act of breaking up): rupture, split, split-up Translations (the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division): բաժանում (bažanum) (Armenian), بڕانەوە (brranewe) (Central Kurdish), särkeminen (Finnish), hajottaminen (Finnish), rikkominen (Finnish), särkyminen (Finnish), hajoaminen (Finnish), rikkoutuminen (Finnish), Trennung (German), spezzettamento [masculine] (Italian), वियोजन (viyojan) [neuter] (Marathi), विभागणी (vibhāgṇī) [feminine] (Marathi), quebra [feminine] (Portuguese), uppbrott [neuter] (Swedish)
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  2. The termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship. Synonyms (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship): falling out Translations (termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship): rozchod [masculine] (Czech), relatiebreuk [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ero (Finnish), rupture [feminine] (French), Auflösung [feminine] (German), Beendigung [feminine] (German), Ende [neuter] (German), Trennung [feminine] (German), rottura [feminine] (Italian), kawani (Kapampangan), ब्रेकअप (brekap) [masculine] (Marathi), rozstanie [neuter] (Polish), término [masculine] (Portuguese), dischar [Puerto-Rico, masculine] (Spanish), ruptura [feminine] (Spanish), ayrılık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-breakup-en-noun-m9zH-3Wb Disambiguation of 'termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship': 1 97 1 0 Disambiguation of 'termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship': 1 97 1 0
  3. A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
    Sense id: en-breakup-en-noun-RgInMQPZ
  4. (Alaska, northern Canada) The season during which winter ice covering bodies of water disintegrates; more generally, spring. Tags: Canada, Northern Translations (ice break-up season): dégel (French), minoskamin (Ojibwe), ᒥᖪᐢᑲᒥᐣ (Woods Cree), mithoskamin (Woods Cree)
    Sense id: en-breakup-en-noun-UNgSh1FT Categories (other): Alaska English, Canadian English, Seasons Disambiguation of Seasons: 30 11 12 47 Disambiguation of 'ice break-up season': 37 1 2 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: postbreakup, third-act breakup Related terms: breakdown, breakoff

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Kapampangan translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Ojibwe translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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          "text": "Several factors led to speculation that the accident might have been caused by a bomb or missile strike, including heightened safety and security concerns because of the 1996 Olympics then being held in the United States, the fact that TWA flight 800 was an international flight, and the sudden and catastrophic nature of the in-flight breakup.",
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      "sense": "act of breaking up",
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      "sense": "act of breaking up",
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      "sense": "the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division",
      "word": "Trennung"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "spezzettamento"
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      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
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      "roman": "brranewe",
      "sense": "the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division",
      "word": "بڕانەوە"
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      "code": "mr",
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      "roman": "viyojan",
      "sense": "the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division",
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      "roman": "vibhāgṇī",
      "sense": "the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "quebra"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "the act of breaking up, disintegration, or division",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uppbrott"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozchod"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "word": "ero"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rupture"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Auflösung"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ende"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Trennung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rottura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "lang_code": "pam",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "word": "kawani"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "lang_code": "mr",
      "roman": "brekap",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ब्रेकअप"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rozstanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "término"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dischar"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ruptura"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "termination of a friendship or a romantic relationship",
      "word": "ayrılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "cwd",
      "lang": "Woods Cree",
      "lang_code": "cwd",
      "sense": "ice break-up season",
      "word": "ᒥᖪᐢᑲᒥᐣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cwd",
      "lang": "Woods Cree",
      "lang_code": "cwd",
      "sense": "ice break-up season",
      "word": "mithoskamin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "ice break-up season",
      "word": "dégel"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "lang_code": "oj",
      "sense": "ice break-up season",
      "word": "minoskamin"
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  ],
  "word": "breakup"
}

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