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# breakout

«breakout» in Mova's school dictionary: **An escape from a prison or other place by force** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a breakout, breakouts); adjective (breakout)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An escape from a prison or other place by force. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakout/#m1)

2) A sudden start or spread of something, like spots on the skin (an acne breakout). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakout/#m2)

3) (adjective) Suddenly very successful: a breakout star, breakout hit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakout/#m3)

4) A breakout room or group: a small group split off from a bigger meeting or class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakout/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news: a prison breakout. In everyday life, teenagers get spot breakouts. In online lessons and meetings, teachers send pupils to breakout rooms. In entertainment, a breakout star suddenly becomes famous.

### examples

- The prisoners planned a breakout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakout/#x1)
- I had a breakout of spots before the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakout/#x2)
- This was the singer's breakout hit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakout/#x3)
- The teacher put us in breakout rooms on the video call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakout/#x4)
- The hens made a breakout through the fence! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakout/#x5)

### note

One word as a noun; the verb is two words: «break out» (fire broke out, he broke out of jail).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «breakout» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakout/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.