break through

US pronunciation

American soundbreak through

breakthrough

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

break - through -> break through

Myanmar meaning

[PHRV ] ထိုးဖောက်ကျော်လွှားသည်။

Full entry

break /breÇk/ v (pt broke /brǝƱk/; pp broken /'brǝƱkǝn/)

More examples

People were throwing stones and several windows were broken.
[break something in half/two etc] : Break the spaghetti in half and put it into the boiling water.
Shake the snow off the branches to prevent them from breaking.
[break into] : The glass slipped from her hand and broke into a dozen pieces.
She broke her leg playing football.
Older bones tend to break more easily.
We used to have a toaster, but it broke.
Don’t play with the camera – you’ll break it.
If you break the speed limit, the penalties are severe.
[break the law] : I don’t care what your reasons are. The fact is you’re breaking the law.
They have started drilling for oil in the region, breaking an agreement made five years ago.
Elliot claims that his business partner broke her contract.
The dog bit his leg, but fortunately didn’t break the skin.
Every so often a fish broke the still surface of the lake.
A campaign of violence and intimidation, that eventually broke the opposition’s will
[break someone’s spirit] : Twenty years in prison had not broken his spirit.
She didn’t break, even under hours of intense interrogation.
He was back in France when the news broke.
For some days after the scandal broke, the press could find out nothing about him.
The Daily Mirror broke the story on Christmas Eve.
I didn’t know how to break it to her.
Why don’t we break now and meet again tomorrow?
[break for] : OK, let’s break for lunch.
Everyone must work together to break the cycle of violence.

Synonyms

smash, fracture, rupture, shatter, split, crack, sever, abandon, abscond, accident, advantage, alienation, altercation, annihilate, announce, apnea, appear, bankrupt, batter, be in breach of, be revealed, beat, become known, become public, befall, betide, better, bite the dust, blow, breach, break down, break into, breakdown, breather, breathing space, burst, burst out, bust, bust out, bust up, caesura, cap, cause instability, cessation, chance, clash, clear out, cleft, coffee break, collapse, come forth, come off, come out, come to pass, communicate, confound, confute, contravene, controvert, convey, cow, crash, cripple, crush, cut, cut and run, cut into, cutoff, damage, dash, decamp, decipher, declass, decode, defeat, degrade, demerit, demolish, demoralize, demote, destroy, develop, difference of opinion, diminish, disaffection, disclose, disconfirm, discontinue, discontinuity, disintegrate, disjunction, disobey, dispirit, disprove, dispute, disregard, disruption, disturb, divergence, divide, division, divulge, downgrade, downtime, emerge, end, enervate, enfeeble, eradicate, erupt, escape, estrangement, exceed, excel, fail, fall foul of, favorable circumstances, fight, finish off, fissure, flee, fly, fortune, fragment, gap, gash, get around, get away, get out, give up, go, go beyond, go down, go kaput, good luck, halt, happen, have a break, have time out, hiatus, hole, holiday, humiliate, impair, impart, impoverish, incapacitate, inform, infract, infringe, interlude, intermission, interrupt, interruption, interval, lacuna, layoff, leak out, leg up, lessen

Antonyms

agree, agreement, aid, allow, approve, assist, association, attach, attachment, bad luck, be inferior, binding, bottle up, cause, closing, closure, combination, combine, conceal, concord, connect, connection, continuation, continue, continuity, cover, elevate, encourage, endorse, energy, enlarge, expand, extend, face, fail, fall behind, fasten, fastening, fix, grow, harmony, help, hide, improve, increase, invigorate, join, juncture, keep, keep quiet, keep secret, lose, marriage, mend, misfortune, obey, peace, persist, persistence, promote, prove, put together, raise, refrain, regard, remain, restart, secret, secrete, secure, stabilize, stay, strengthen, support, suppress, take, union, unite, upgrade, uphold