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verb. broke up; broken up; breaking up; breaks up. intransitive verb. 1. a. : to cease to exist as a unified whole : disperse. their partnership broke up. b. : to end a romance. 2. : to lose morale, composure, or resolution. especially : to become abandoned to laughter. breaks up completely, laughing himself into a coughing fit Gene Williams.
break up. phrasal verb with break verb uk / breɪk / us / breɪk / broke | broken. (END RELATIONSHIP) B1. If a marriage breaks up or two people in a romantic relationship break up, their marriage or their relationship ends: break up with She's just broken up with her boyfriend.
noun. us / ˈbreɪkˌʌp / breakup noun (END) Add to word list. [ C ] the end of a relationship: The planned breakup of the company will give him a less important role. breakup noun (DIVISION) [ U ] the division of something into smaller parts: The breakup of the oil tanker caused severe damage to animal and plant life.
break up. 1. phrasal verb. When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts. Civil war could come if the country breaks up. [VERB PARTICLE] There was a danger of the ship breaking up completely. [VERB PARTICLE] Break up the chocolate and melt it. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
A relationship breakup, breakup, or break-up is the termination of a relationship. The act is commonly termed "dumping [someone]" in slang when it is initiated by one partner. The term is less likely to be applied to a married couple, where a breakup is typically called a separation or divorce.
noun. disintegration; disruption; dispersal. the ending of a personal, especially a romantic, relationship. (in Alaska and Canada) the melting and loosening of ice in rivers and harbors during the early spring. the first day on which such ice is soft or dispersed enough to permit ships to use the waterways.
breakup noun (DIVISION) [ U ] the division of something into smaller parts: The breakup of the oil tanker caused severe damage to animal and plant life. (Definition of breakup from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The break-up of a marriage, relationship, or association is the act of it finishing or coming to an end because the people involved decide that it is not working successfully. Since the break-up of his marriage he had not formed any new relationships.
If you break up with your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife, your relationship with that person ends. My girlfriend has broken up with me. He felt appalled by the idea of marriage so we broke up.
Definition of break-up noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
