breakdown

break·down  (brkdoun)

n.

1.

a. The act or process of failing to function or continue.

b. The condition resulting from this: a breakdown in communication.

2. Electricity The abrupt failure of an insulator or insulating medium to restrict the flow of current.

3. A typically sudden collapse in physical or mental health.

4. An analysis, an outline, or a summary consisting of itemized data or essentials.

5. Disintegration or decomposition into parts or elements.

6. A noisy, energetic American country dance.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	breakdown - 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" dislocation disruption, perturbation - the act of causing disorder
	2.	breakdown - a mental or physical breakdown crack-up collapse, prostration - an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion; "the commander's prostration demoralized his men" nervous breakdown - a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder
	3.	breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" equipment failure failure - an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure" brake failure - brakes fail to stop a vehicle engine failure - engine does not run misfire, dud - an explosion that fails to occur outage - a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers); "there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m." power failure, power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" fault - (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"
	4.	breakdown - an analysis into mutually exclusive categories partitioning analytic thinking, analysis - the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations resolving, resolution - analysis into clear-cut components

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breakdown

noun 1. collapse, crackup (informal)

noun 2. analysis, classification, dissection, categorization, detailed list, itemization

Translations

breakdown [ˈbreɪkdaun] n (AUT) → avería;

(in communications) → interrupción f;

(MED) (also: nervous breakdown) → colapso, crisis f nerviosa [of figures] → desglose m

breakdown [ˈbreɪkdaun] break n (Aut) → panne f;

(in communications, marriage) → rupture f;

(Med) (also: nervous breakdown) → dépression (nerveuse); [of figures]; ventilation f, répartition f

breakdown [ˈbreɪkdaun] n (Aut) → Panne f;

(in communications) → Zusammenbruch m;

(of marriage) → Scheitern nt;

(also: nervous breakdown) → (Nerven)zusammenbruch m;

(of statistics) → Aufschlüsselung f

breakdown [ˈbreɪkdaun] n (AUT) → guasto;

(in communications) → interruzione f;

(MED) (also: nervous breakdown) → esaurimento nervoso; [of payments etc] → resoconto