Complete Definition of "broken"

see|Broken
wikipedia|Broken (disambiguation)
English

rank|follow|chance|happened|641|broken|trouble|die|arm

Pronunciation
AHD|br�k'�n, IPA|/�br��k�n/, SAMPA|/"br@Uk@n/
audio|en-us-broken.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��k�n

Adjective
en-adj

  1. bent|Bent to the point of coming apart, but not necessarily in separate pieces.

#: My arm is broken

  1. Not working properly.

#: I think my shaver is broken.

  1. Completely defeated and dispirited.

#: The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken.

  1. context|software|colloquial badly|Badly designed or implemented.

#: This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time.

  1. sports A single tactic or option which is powerful enough to be considered overpowered.
  2. meteorology Of the sky, five eighths to seven eighths obscured by clouds.
  3. meteorology Of clouds, covering five eighths to seven eighths of the sky.

Translations
trans-top|bent to the point of coming apart
Finnish: murtunut
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Slovene: zlomljen m, zlomljena f, zlomljeno n
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trans-top|not working properly
Finnish: rikkinäinen, rikki
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Slovene: pokvarjen m, pokvarjena f, pokvarjeno n
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trans-top|completely defeated and dispirited
Finnish: murtunut
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Slovene: zlomljen m, zlomljena f, zlomljeno n
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trans-top|of software: badly designed or implemented
Finnish: surkea
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trans-top|sports tactic
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trans-top|five eighths to seven eighths obscured by clouds
Finnish: puolipilvinen
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ttbc|Dutch: gebroken
ttbc|French: cassé, brisé, rompu
ttbc|German: gebrochen (1), kaputt (2)
ttbc|Hebrew: ש��ר (shavur) m, ש��ר� (shvura) f (1,2,4); �ק��ק� (mequlqal) m, �ק��ק�ת (mequlqelet) f (3)
ttbc|Indonesian: pecah, patah, retak, rusak
ttbc|Irish: briste
ttbc|Italian: in avaria
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ttbc|Japanese: ��� (���, wareta), ���(����, kowareta)
ttbc|Latin: fractus m, fracta f, fractum n
ttbc|Spanish: roto m (1, 2), rota f (2), desfuncionado m (3), desfuncionada f (3)
ttbc|Swedish: bruten (1), trasig (2), uppriven (3)
ttbc|Telugu: మ����ల�న (mukkalaina), బద�దల�న (baddalaina), వ�ర���ల�న (vrakkalaina), విరి�ిన (virigina) (1)
ttbc|Turkish: kırık, bölünmü�
ttbc|Vietnamese: b� vỡ (1, 2), b� b� (1)
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Derived terms
top2
a broken clock is right twice a day
break
broken arrow
broken bone
broken by design
broken English
mid2
broken heart
broken in
broken promise
heartbroken
housebroken

Verb
broken

  1. past participle of|break

Category:English irregular past participles
Category:1000 English basic words

ang:broken
ar:broken
de:broken
el:broken
fr:broken
io:broken
id:broken
it:broken
kk:broken
hu:broken
ja:broken
pt:broken
simple:broken
fi:broken
sv:broken
ta:broken
te:broken
tr:broken
vo:broken
zh:broken

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