breach

CEFRC1

/ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A break in a law, agreement, or wall.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.

Examples

  • Mr Smith is accused of breach of contract.

  • They made a breach in the wall.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

  2. A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.

  3. A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.

More examples

In context

  • A clear breach is when the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. A clean breach is when everything on deck is swept away.

  • They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.

  • breach of promise

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe (“fracture, breach”) and brǣċ (“breach, breaking, destruction”), from Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“breach, fissure”) and *brēkō (“breaking”).