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Not to be confused with
brake
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Look up
break
or
breaks
in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Break
or
Breaks
or
The Break
may refer to:
Contents
1
Time off from duties
1.1
Time off from school
2
People
3
Sport
4
Technology
4.1
Computing
4.2
Other technologies
5
Arts and media
5.1
Books
5.2
Film and television
5.3
Music
5.3.1
Albums
5.3.2
Songs
5.4
Other media
6
Other uses
7
See also
Time off from duties
[
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]
Recess (break)
, time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties
Break (work)
, time off during a shift/recess
Coffee break
, a short mid-morning rest period in business
Annual leave
(holiday/vacation), paid time off work
Time off from school
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]
Holiday break, a U.S. term for various
school holidays
Christmas break
or
Winter break
, a break in the winter, typically around Christmas and New Years
Spring break
, a recess in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere
Summer break
, a typical long break in the summertime
People
[
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]
Ted Breaks
(1919–2000), English professional footballer
Danny Breaks
(active 1990s–), British drum and bass DJ, record producer and record label owner
Sport
[
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]
Break
, the first shot meant to break the balls in cue sports, also a series of shots in snooker
Breaking ball
, a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter
Surf break
, place where a wave collapses into surf
Horse breaking
, the process of training a horse to be ridden
Break (tennis)
, to win a tennis game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve
Technology
[
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]
Computing
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]
Break condition, in
asynchronous serial communication
Break key
, a special key on computer keyboards
break
statement
, a keyword in computer programming used for flow control
Line break (computing)
, a special character signifying the end of a line of text
To break (or "crack") an encryption cipher, in
cryptanalysis
Other technologies
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]
Brake (carriage)
, a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the 19th and early 20th centuries
Break (locksmithing)
, a separation between pins of a lock
Breakover angle
, a maximum possible supplementary angle of terrain
Paradelta Break
, an Italian paraglider design
Arts and media
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]
Books
[
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]
The Break
(novel)
, 1957, by José Giovanni
The Breaks
(novel)
, by Richard Price
Film and television
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]
Break
(2008 film)
, an American action film
Break
(2014 film)
, also known as
Nature Law
Break (2020 film)
, a British independent film
The Break
(1995 film)
, an American tennis film
The Break
(1963 film)
, a drama starring Tony Britton
The Break
(2003 film)
, a TV film featuring
Kris Kristofferson
The Break
, alternative name for
A Further Gesture
, a 1997 film
The Break
(TV series)
, a 2016 Belgian crime drama, also known as
La Trêve
The Break with Michelle Wolf
, a 2018 Netflix series
The Breaks
(1999 film)
, an American comedy
The Breaks
(2016 film)
, an American television hip-hop drama
The Breaks
(TV series)
, a 2017 American drama and a continuation of the 2016 film
"Break" (
Bottom
)
, a British television episode
Break (Transformers)
, a fictional character
The Break
, a short film shown at the 2016
Dublin International Film Festival
Music
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]
Break (music)
, a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music
Breakbeat
, a broad style of electronic or dance-oriented music
Albums
[
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]
Break
(Enchant album)
, 1998
Break
(Mamoru Miyano album)
, 2009
Break
(One-Eyed Doll album)
, 2010
Break
(EP)
, 2006, by The Cinematics
Songs
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]
"Break", 1972, by
Aphrodite's Child
"The Breaks" (song)
, 1980, by Kurtis Blow
"Break" (1984), by
Play Dead
"Break" (1995), by
The Gyres
"Break" (1996), by Staind from the album
Tormented
"Break" (1998), by Fugazi from the album
End Hits
"Break" (2002), by Jurassic 5 from the album
Power in Numbers
"Break" (2006), by Republic of Loose from the album
Aaagh!
"Break" (2006), by
The Cinematics
"Break" (2008), by Alanis Morissette from the album
Flavors of Entanglement
"Break" (Three Days Grace song)
(2009)
"Break" (2013), by Hostyle Gospel from the album
Desperation
"Break" (2015), by Katherine McPhee from the album
Hysteria
"Break" (2015), by No Devotion from the album
Permanence
"Break" (Kero Kero Bonito song)
, 2016
Other media
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]
Break.com
, a humor website
Other uses
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]
Big break (jargon)
, a circumstance which allows an actor or musician to "break into" the industry and achieve fame
Bone fracture
, a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone
Commercial break
, in television and radio
Prison escape
, the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways
Section break
, in type setting
Break, an air combat maneuver; see
Basic fighter maneuvers
Breaks, Virginia
Psychotic break
See also
[
edit
]
All pages with titles beginning with
Break
All pages with titles containing
Break
Brake (disambiguation)
Break a leg
, an expression in theatre
Breakdancing
Breaking (disambiguation)
Breakwater (structure)
Broke (disambiguation)
Burglary
, sometimes called a "break-in"
Winter break (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
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