breakdown - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'breakdown' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Breakdown

[ n.]

- The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.
- 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.
- Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.

Meaning of 'breakdown' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . breakdown

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

Example in sentence:

his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London;
the social dislocations resulting from government policies

Meaning (2):
- a cessation of normal operation

Example in sentence:

there was a power breakdown

Nearby Words:

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Equipment breakdown insurance
Equipment breakdown insurance is an insurance that covers losses due to accidental breakdown of covered equipment.
Nervous breakdown
Nervous breakdown is the popular term for a neurosis severe enough to incapacitate an individual and require hospital treatment.

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