Definitions for BREAKDOWN
ˈbreɪkˌdaʊnbreak·down

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dislocation, breakdownnoun

   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. breakdown, crack-upnoun

   a mental or physical breakdown

3. breakdown, equipment failurenoun

   a cessation of normal operation

   "there was a power breakdown"

4. breakdown, partitioningnoun

   an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

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1. breakdownnoun

   A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed

   We saw a breakdown by the side of the road.

2. breakdownnoun

   A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability

   After so much stress, he suffered a breakdown and simply gave up.

3. breakdownnoun

   Listing, division or categorization in great detail

   Looking at the breakdown of the budget, I see a few items we could cut.

4. breakdownnoun

   Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.

5. breakdownnoun

   A musical technique, by where the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, and can vary in heaviness depending on the genre

6. breakdownnoun

   A loss of organization (of the parts of a system)

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1. Breakdown

   Breakdown is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. The song features rap verses by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. It was released on March 22, 1998, by Columbia Records as the fourth single from her sixth studio album Butterfly (1997). Similar to the treatments of "Butterfly" and The Roof", "Breakdown" received a limited worldwide release due to Carey's conflict at the time with Sony. The song's lyrics describe the emotions someone feels when their lover suddenly stops loving and leaves them, and the pain, or breakdown, it causes the person. The song was well received by contemporary music critics. In the accompanying music video, Carey goes through a variety of different colorful outfits, with matching make-up. Of the many changes, two scenes predominantly occupy the video. The first in Carey dressed in flamenco style clothing, while dancing on a chair with two other female dancers. The other features Carey and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony gambling in a casino. Carey performed the song live during select dates of her Butterfly World Tour in 1998 and Adventures of Mimi Tour in 2006. Due to the song's limited release, "Breakdown" did not chart in most major music markets, with the exception of Australia and New Zealand, where it peaked at numbers 38 and four, respectively. In the US, due to Billboard rules at the time, the song was unable to chart on the Hot 100, but charted at number 53 on the Hot 100 Airplay Chart.

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1. breakdown

   A breakdown generally refers to a failure of a system or a process to function effectively due to faults or problems. This term could relate to machinery (e.g., a car or computer that stops working), communication or relationships (as in a breakdown of communication), mental health (as in a nervous breakdown), or any other context where things stop working as expected. It generally indicates a more severe issue compared to minor malfunctions or disturbances.

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1. Breakdownnoun

   the act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall

2. Breakdownnoun

   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. Breakdownnoun

   any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time

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1. Breakdown

   "Breakdown" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her sixth studio album, Butterfly. It was released as the third single from the album on March 24, 1998 by Columbia Records. Like "Butterfly", "Breakdown" received a limited worldwide release due to Carey's conflict at the time with Columbia. The song was written and produced by Carey, Stevie J and Puff Daddy, and features rap verses by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. The song's lyrics describe the emotions someone feels when their lover suddenly stops loving and leaves them, and the pain, or breakdown, it causes the person. The song was well received by contemporary music critics. In the music video, Carey goes through a variety of different colorful outfits, with matching make-up. Of the many changes, two scenes predominantly occupy the video. The first in Carey dressed in flamenco style clothing, while dancing on a chair with two other female dancers. The other features Carey and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony gambling in a casino. Carey performed the song live during select dates of her Butterfly World Tour in 1998 and Adventures of Mimi Tour in 2006. Due to the songs limited release, "Breakdown" did not chart in most major music markets, with the exception of Australia and New Zealand, where it peaked at numbers 38 and four, respectively. In the US, due to Billboard rules at the time, the song was unable to chart on the Hot 100, but charted at number 53 on the Hot 100 Airplay Chart.

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1. breakdown

   Song lyrics by breakdown -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by breakdown on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Collapse
   • Disruption

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BREAKDOWN' in Nouns Frequency: #2173

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce BREAKDOWN?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say BREAKDOWN in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BREAKDOWN in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BREAKDOWN in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of BREAKDOWN in a Sentence

1. Kamal Sharma:

   If you look at the breakdown of franc performance since the start of the year, it is clear that franc underperformance has been concentrated versus the high beta currencies and sterling in particular.

2. Jonathan Chevrier:

   Using DDT now would result in exposure to local populations for decades, in fact, DDE, a breakdown product from DDT, is still detected in the blood of a majority of Americans even though DDT was banned in the U.S. about 40 years ago.

3. Laura Vandenberg:

   One major risk factor for breast cancer is lifetime exposure to estrogen, dDT and DDT metabolites – breakdown products produced in our body after DDT exposures – can add up with the estrogen produced by our bodies, as well as other synthetic estrogens in our environment, to contribute to risk.

4. Peter Marber:

   This is a country that needs massive educational reform, massive infrastructure reform, massive reduction in a variety of tariffs and a total breakdown and reconfiguration of the logistics sector to improve efficiency.

5. Phil Stupak:

   We are trying to breakdown the barriers between the people in tech who know what they're doing and the people in Congress who know how to take that knowledge to make laws.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BREAKDOWN
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Breakdown
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakdown
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BREAKDOWN
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=BREAKDOWN
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=BREAKDOWN