breakout

breakout
I UK [ˈbreɪkaʊt] / US [ˈbreɪkˌaʊt] noun [countable]
Word forms "breakout":
singular breakout plural breakouts
1) an occasion when prisoners escape from a prison
2) one of several groups that a larger group of people has divided into to discuss something, especially at a conference

a breakout session

3) a sudden appearance of a disease

the 1998 BSE breakout

4) American an appearance of spots on your skin

II UK [ˈbreɪkaʊt] / US [ˈbreɪkˌaʊt] adjective [only before noun] American
involving great success that makes someone or something very popular

We haven't seen a real breakout series from NBC since Friends.


English dictionary. 2014.

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