What does "breakout" mean?
An escape from prison.
Breakout
adj, noun
adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An escape from prison.
- Grammar: breakout is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: jailbreak, acne flare, break, break.
- Useful contrasts: cease, clear, clear skin.
- Usage evidence: But for those of you who never had teenage acne or who had some teenage acne problems and outgrew them, it is a real shock to start having breakouts in the mid twenties to late thirties.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An escape from prison. countable, uncountable
- 2 an escape from jail wordnet
- 3 An escape from any restrictive or confining situation. countable, uncountable
- 4 The point at which visibility returns after passing through clouds. countable, uncountable
- 5 An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.). countable, uncountable
"But for those of you who never had teenage acne or who had some teenage acne problems and outgrew them, it is a real shock to start having breakouts in the mid twenties to late thirties."
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- 6 A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts. countable, uncountable
- 7 A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference. countable, uncountable
- 8 A style of video game that involves moving a paddle to deflect a ball into a wall of bricks to eliminate them one by one. uncountable
"[…] a "breakout" game where a ball is bounced off a bar at the bottom of the screen up to a wall of bricks. Each time the ball strikes a brick it is eliminated and points are awarded."
Adjective
- 1 Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to sudden mainstream success. not-comparable
"Then in 1991, Jada won her breakout role playing Lena James on NBC's A Different World."
- 2 Splitting a signal into several signals. attributive, not-comparable
"breakout box; breakout cable"
Synonyms
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Example
"But for those of you who never had teenage acne or who had some teenage acne problems and outgrew them, it is a real shock to start having breakouts in the mid twenties to late thirties."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "breakout"?
Common synonyms include: jailbreak, acne flare, break, break, burst, deliverance.
How do you use "breakout" in a sentence?
But for those of you who never had teenage acne or who had some teenage acne problems and outgrew them, it is a real shock to start having breakouts in the mid twenties to late thirties.
Etymology
Deverbal from break out. The video game genre is named after Breakout, the first game of this kind, released in 1976 by Atari.