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# heartbreak

«heartbreak» in Mova's school dictionary: **very great sadness, especially when someone you love…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (heartbreak, heartbreaks; usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Heartbreak is very great sadness, especially when someone you love leaves you, dies, or when you lose something important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbreak/#m1)

2) A heartbreak is an event that causes such sadness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbreak/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, songs and sports reports: heartbreak when a pet dies, a friend moves away, or a team loses in the last minute. It tells the reader a character is deeply sad. Phrases: «heartbreak of losing», «last-minute heartbreak», «heartbreak hotel» (song).

### examples

- Losing our old dog was a real heartbreak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbreak/#x1)
- The team suffered heartbreak in the final minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbreak/#x2)
- Moving away from her best friend caused great heartbreak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbreak/#x3)
- The song is about heartbreak and love. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbreak/#x4)
- There was heartbreak when the school play was cancelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbreak/#x5)
- Time and friends help heal heartbreak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heartbreak/#x6)

### note

Related: «heartbroken» (very sad), «heartbreaking» (causing great sadness). Usually uncountable. Not a medical problem of the heart.

### In the corpora

- [Vivid example: in a Leeds corner shop, Auntie Bev holds up a magazine: "SOAP STAR'S SECRET HEARTBREAK!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/3/)
- [The presenter giggles about a singer's "secret heartbreak".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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