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breaking
1[brey-king]
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
2[brey-king]
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
3[brey-king]
noun
breaking
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
linguistics (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
Word History and Origins
Origin of breaking1
Origin of breaking3
Word History and Origins
Origin of breaking1
Example Sentences
He also accused the supreme spiritual leader - Catholicos Karekin II - of breaking his vow of celibacy and fathering a child, calling on him to resign.
But while there may be a real personal cost to keeping a dinner date with a friend when you’re tired, overwhelmed or emotionally spent, there can be serious costs to breaking that commitment as well.
I mainly focus on writing, breaking the episodes, writing them and editing them, and that’s where my time goes.
At the time, the force denied breaking the law by revealing her identity, but Ms Clutterbuck was determined to keep fighting.
Designed to evade gun-control laws, the technology has advanced rapidly in the last decade, with the latest models capable of firing multiple rounds without their plastic components breaking.
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