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BROKEN definition: 1. past participle of break 2. damaged, no longer able to work: 3. suffering emotional pain that…. Learn more.
The meaning of BROKEN is violently separated into parts : shattered. How to use broken in a sentence.
Something that's broken is severely damaged — it's either split into pieces or doesn't work anymore. Your broken alarm clock is no help at all when you're trying to get to school on time!
Learn more. If something breaks, or if you break something, it is damaged so that it no longer works or is no longer in perfect condition. If something is easily broken, it is easy to damage that thing. If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
Synonyms for BROKEN: shattered, fractured, smashed, fragmented, damaged, ruined, busted, collapsed; Antonyms of BROKEN: unbroken, repaired, fixed, reconstructed, mended, healed, patched, unbreakable
(of a relationship) split apart; not intact: a broken marriage. (of a family) disunited or divided by the prolonged or permanent absence of a parent, usually due to divorce or desertion: broken families. a child from a broken home; broken families. not smooth; rough or irregular: We left the plains and rode through broken country. ruined; bankrupt:
(broʊkən ) 1. A2. Broken is the past participle of break. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A broken line is not continuous but has gaps or spaces in it. A broken blue line means the course of a waterless valley. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
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spoken in a halting or hesitant manner, as under emotional strain: In a broken voice he begged for forgiveness. divided or disrupted, as by divorce:[ before a noun] broken families.
Definition of broken adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
