breach
🇺🇸
/briːtʃ/
🇬🇧
/briːtʃ/
noun
C1
breaking a law or rule
The company committed a breach by selling unsafe products.
C1
breaking a promise or agreement
Sharing secrets was a serious breach of trust.
C1
a break in a relationship
The argument caused a breach between the two friends.
R
a hole or opening made by force
The storm created a breach in the sea wall.
verb
C1
to break a law, rule, or agreement
The company breached the contract by not delivering on time.
R
to break through something and make an opening
The floodwaters breached the levee during the storm.
translation
breaking a law or rule; breaking a promise or agreement; a break in a relationship; a hole or opening made by force
to break a law, rule, or agreement; to break through something and make an opening
Word Forms
3rd Present
breaches
Past
breached
Perfect
breached
Progressive
breaching
Plural
breaches