Antonyms for breakdown
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : breyk-doun |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn |
Definition of breakdown
Origin :- "a collapse," 1832, from break (v.) + down (adv.). The verbal phrase is attested from late 14c. The noun, specifically of machinery, is from 1838; meaning "an analysis in detail" is from 1936. Nervous breakdown is from 1905.
- noun nervous collapse
- noun account of finances or other business
- But the instant Arnold repairs the breakdown, your little experiment is over!
- Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse
- In this Cadell was excellent, and we rarely had a breakdown.
- Extract from : « The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade » by Edward Lord Gleichen
- "We've had a breakdown," remarked Andy, and he seemed quite humiliated.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Motor-boat » by Victor Appleton
- This breakdown of the individuality of the phantom voices is very characteristic.
- Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
- "You'll have to have your breakdown rather closer to the house than we thought," he said.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- There's a breakdown gang doing its level best to get us clear.
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
- Well, was not the breakdown of the train a sign that his best was not God's best?
- Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
- The breakdown of civilization beyond the Channel was almost complete.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- He described the breakdown of the motor in the vaguest terms.
- Extract from : « Lady Bountiful » by George A. Birmingham
- Many have argued that the breakdown of the traditional family was inevitable.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
Synonyms for breakdown
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