break up Význam & definícia

Význam break up v slovenčine

• 0 If a marriage breaks up or two people in a romantic relationship break up, their marriage or their relationship ends:

  • Jenny and George have broken up.

  • She's just broken up with her boyfriend.

• 1 When schools and colleges, or the teachers and students who go to them break up, their classes stop and the holidays start :

  • We broke up for the holidays in June.

• 2 If someone who is talking on a mobile phone is breaking up, their voice can no longer be heard clearly.

• 3 a gradual division into smaller pieces:

  • It was feared that the break-up of the oil tanker would result in further pollution.

• 4 the coming to an end of a business or personal relationship, caused by the separation of those involved:

  • Long separations had contributed to their marriage break-up.

  • The break-up of the pop group came as no surprise.

• 5 (of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough:

  • He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before I could answer.

• 6 a division of a company, etc. into smaller parts:

  • AT&T divided into three companies, making this the biggest voluntary corporate break-up in history.

• 7 the end of a business or a relationship:

  • The sale of the company's real estate and other assets was the first sign of its eventual break-up and closure.