broken

CEFRA1

/ˈbɹəʊ.kn̩/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Damaged, cracked, or no longer working properly.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Fragmented; in separate pieces.

Examples

  • He survived the accident with no broken bones.

  • Throw away the chairs whose legs are broken.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbɹoʊ.kɪn/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

  2. Split or ruptured.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. past participle of break

More examples

In context

  • Aaah!! My computer is broken!

  • One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station.

  • The ground was littered with broken bones.

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Antonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

After the vase fell off the shelf, it was completely blank into many pieces.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English broken, from Old English brocen, ġebrocen, from Proto-Germanic *brukanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). Cognate with Dutch gebroken (“broken”), German Low German broken (“broken”), German gebrochen (“broken”). Morphologically broke + -n.