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1. (n.) breakdown
an act or instance of breaking down.
2. breakdown
a loss of mental or physical health; collapse.
3. breakdown
classification; analysis.
4. breakdown
Chem.
5. breakdown
decomposition.
6. breakdown
a lively folk dance.
Etymology: (1825–35)
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| Definition of 'breakdown' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dislocation, breakdown
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
"the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
2. (noun) breakdown, crack-up
a mental or physical breakdown
3. (noun) breakdown, equipment failure
a cessation of normal operation
"there was a power breakdown"
4. (noun) breakdown, partitioning
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
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1. (noun) breakdown
when sth fails or stops working
a breakdown in communications; the breakdown of a society/marriage
2. breakdown
a period of mental illness
to have a breakdown
3. breakdown
a machine failure
***I had a breakdown on the highway.
4. breakdown
a summary that lists different parts
a breakdown of costs
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) breakdown
the act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall
2. (noun) breakdown
a noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down
3. (noun) breakdown
any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time
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Sense: (oftennervous breakdown) a mental collapse.
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 Afrikaans: ineenstorting |
 Arabic: إنهيار (عصبي) |
 Bulgarian: разстройство |
 Brazilian: colapso nervoso |
 Czech: zhroucení |
 German: der Zusammenbruch |
 Danish: sammenbrud |
 Greek: ψυχικός κλονισμός, κατάρρ |
 Spanish: colapso, crisis nerviosa |
 Estonian: närvivapustus |
 Farsi: فروپاشی |
 Finnish: romahdus |
 French: dépression (nerveuse) |
 Hebrew: הִתמוֹטטוּת עֲצַבִּים |
 Hindi: स्वास्थ्य-भंग |
 Croatian: slomživaca |
 Hungarian: idegösszeomlás |
 Indonesian: tekanan jiwa |
 Icelandic: taugaáfall |
 Italian: esaurimento |
 Japanese: 神経衰弱 |
 Korean: 쇠약 |
 Lithuanian: (nervų) išsekimas |
 Latvian: [] sabrukums |
 Malay: mengalami gangguan jiwa |
 Dutch: instorting |
 Norwegian: (nerve)sammenbrudd |
 Polish: roztrój (nerwowy) |
 Persian: فروپاشی |
 Pashto: پریوتنه |
 Portuguese: colapso nervoso |
 Romanian: depresie (nervoasă) |
 Russian: нервное расстройство |
 Slovak: zrútenie |
 Slovenian: (živčni) zlom |
 Serbian: slom |
 Swedish: sammanbrott, kollaps |
 Thai: ควบคุมอารมณ์หรือความรู้สึ |
 Turkish: sinir zafiyeti, sinir kri |
 Taiwanese: 精神崩潰 |
 Ukrainian: цілковите знесилення |
 Urdu: شکست اعصاب |
 Vietnamese: sự suy sụp tinh thần |
 Chinese: 精神崩溃 |
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