breach
pronunciation
How to pronounce breach in British English:
UK [briːtʃ]
How to pronounce breach in American English:
US [briːtʃ]
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- Noun:
- a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
- an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
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- Verb:
- act in disregard of laws and rules
- make an opening or gap in
Word Origin
- breach
- breach: see break
- breach (n.)
- Old English bryce "breach, fracture, a breaking," from brecan (see break), influenced by Old French breche "breach, opening, gap," from Frankish; both from Proto-Germanic *brecho, *bræko "broken," from PIE root *bhreg- "to break" (see fraction). Figurative sense of "a breaking of rules, etc." was in Old English Breach of contract is at least from 1660s.
- breach (v.)
- 1570s, from breach (n.). Related: Breached; breaching.
Synonym
Example
- 1. They sued the company for breach of contract .
- 2. The failure to report earnings is a breach of debt covenants .
- 3. He was arrested in april on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust .
- 4. If confirmed , china 's involvement could breach un security council resolution 1874 .
- 5. However , china has signalled its readiness to challenge actions that may breach wto rules .