Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A forceful emergence from a restrictive condition or situation.
- noun A sudden manifestation or increase, as of a disease; an outbreak.
- noun A sudden or dramatic improvement or increase in popularity.
- noun A breakdown of statistical data.
- noun Sports A play, as in hockey, in which the defending team moves the puck out of its defensive zone, especially by passing, to begin an offensive play.
- adjective Characterized by a sudden significant improvement or increase in popularity.
- adjective Conducted separately from a larger group or meeting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
escape fromprison - noun An escape from any
restrictive orconfining situation - noun An
outbreak - noun A
breakdown ofstatistics ; adetailed view of component parts
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an escape from jail
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Examples
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He visited the Japanese leg of "JAM: Tokyo London" which he describes as a "breakout show that elevated urban vinyl, motion graphics and graphic design into art and defined the upcoming generation of art superstars like Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara," and never looked back.
Jessica Hoppe: Artist Spotlight: René Garcia, Jr. Jessica Hoppe 2012
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He visited the Japanese leg of "JAM: Tokyo London" which he describes as a "breakout show that elevated urban vinyl, motion graphics and graphic design into art and defined the upcoming generation of art superstars like Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara," and never looked back.
Jessica Hoppe: Artist Spotlight: René Garcia, Jr. Jessica Hoppe 2012
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And because this is a real workshop, we spent the rest of the afternoon in breakout groups having fascinating discussions.
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He had a 19-win breakout season last year, finally fulfilling the gaudy projections that had followed him almost since he signed as a 16-year-old in 2002.
On deck: Major Leagues' team of the next decade (2010-19) 2010
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And because this is a real workshop, we spent the rest of the afternoon in breakout groups having fascinating discussions.
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The 2010 fundraising breakout is the predictable consequence of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act, aka McCain-Feingold.
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And because this is a real workshop, we spent the rest of the afternoon in breakout groups having fascinating discussions.
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War, including the breakout from the frozen Chosin.
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Cody Eakin — We were looking for a breakout from the Swift Current sniper, but instead we got breakdowns.
Red Line: Year's best two scouting weeks on the horizon 2008
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Neither Sylar catching Claire or the mass villain breakout at Level 5 happened in his timeline.
vanishedone commented on the word breakout
Breakout with words—jargon, in fact.
April 18, 2008