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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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of breaking1
Example Sentences
Martinez did not move from San Siro and, five years on, has made Inter his team - hitting at least 20 goals in each of the past four seasons and breaking one record after another.
Ellie says she eventually reached "breaking point", and even began considering having her affected eye removed.
She heard glass shattering which was the defendant breaking the downstairs window, the prosecutor said.
With increasing humidity on Thursday, there is also a risk of some heavy and possibly thundery showers breaking out across England and Wales.
The people of Gaza don’t appear in breaking news alerts.
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