breakdown

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noun

1. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue (Freq. 5)
- the social dislocations resulting from government policies
- his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London
• Syn:
dislocation
• Derivationally related forms:
break down, dislocate (for: dislocation)
• Hypernyms:
disruption, perturbation
2. a mental or physical breakdown
• Syn:
crack-up
• Derivationally related forms:
crack up (for: crack-up), break down
• Hypernyms:
collapse, prostration
• Hyponyms:
nervous breakdown
3. a cessation of normal operation
- there was a power breakdown
• Syn:
equipment failure
• Derivationally related forms:
break down
• Hypernyms:
failure
• Hyponyms:
brake failure, engine failure, misfire, dud, outage,
power outage, power failure, fault
4. an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
• Syn:
partitioning
• Derivationally related forms:
break down
• Hypernyms:
analysis, analytic thinking
• Hyponyms:
resolution, resolving

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  partitioning, equipment failure, crack-up, dislocation