ENGLISH: breakdown - CREOLE: pann



Overview of noun breakdown



The noun breakdown has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (5) dislocation, breakdown -- (the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London")

2. breakdown, crack-up -- (a mental or physical breakdown)

3. breakdown, equipment failure -- (a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown")

4. breakdown, partitioning -- (an analysis into mutually exclusive categories)

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