BREAKING Definition & Meaning

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breaking

[ brey-king ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of a news story) currently developing or having happened recently and being released for publication or airing, as on television or radio, in print, or on the internet:
Our network aims to be your trusted source for breaking news, local weather, and sports.
coming into being suddenly:
When I awoke, it was breaking day over the eastern horizon.
changing or collapsing suddenly:
This is a photograph of a breaking wave in the subantarctic waters of the Southern Ocean.

breaking

[ brey-king ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Phonology. the change of a pure vowel to a diphthong, especially in certain environments, as, in Old English, the change of a vowel to a diphthong under the influence of a following consonant or combination of consonants, as the change of -a- to -ea- and of -e- to -eo- before preconsonantal r or l and before h, as in earm “arm” developed from arm, and eorthe “earth” from erthe.

breaking

[ brey-king ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

break dancing.

breaking

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noun

linguistics (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of breaking¹

First recorded in 1930–35; break ( def ) (in the sense “to release a news story for publication”) + -ing ²( def )

Origin of breaking²

First recorded in 1870–75; translation of German Brechung; break, -ing ¹

Origin of breaking³

First recorded in 1980–85; by ellipsis

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of breaking¹

C19: translation of German Brechung

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The couple said equipment breaking down, including two vans - one of which resulted in a £10,000 repair bill - had contributed to the decision.

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The buffer zones, prohibit protest, within a 150-metre radius around abortion services and those convicted of breaking the law could face an unlimited fine.

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Williams is seeking a route back into the game but admitted that he found it difficult to deal with being in the spotlight since breaking into the first team at Old Trafford.

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That’s because Gulf & Western was a hodgepodge the parts of which were more valuable than the whole, and Bluhdorn was seen as an obstacle to breaking it up.

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In 2010, the FDA warned the company that it might be breaking the law by failing to provide evidence of “the analytical or clinical validity of its tests” to the agency for its approval.

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