breakout betydelse and definition

Betydelse av breakout på svenska

• 0 a violent escape, especially by a group, from prison:

  • There has been a mass breakout from one of Germany's top security jails.

• 1 used to describe someone or something that suddenly becomes very well known or successful in a particular type of activity, or an achievement that helps them do this:

  • She was the breakout star of this year's Women's World Cup.

  • This was the breakout book by one of the most original writers of his generation.

• 2 used in connection with smaller groups that separate from a meeting to discuss a particular issue, before returning to the main meeting:

  • a breakout session/meeting

• 3 an increase, especially a sudden one:

  • With little change in the stock market, the long-hoped-for breakout still appears to be a few weeks away.

  • We are hoping for a major breakout in profits later this year.

• 4 →  breakdown

• 5 very successful, especially when compared to something else:

  • They described 2008 as a breakout year for European technology firms.

• 6 relating to a meeting of one or more small groups that are part of a larger group:

  • The CEO gave a speech in the morning, and breakout sessions followed in the afternoon.

  • The conference centre has eight break-out rooms.