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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
breach
1. a failure to perform some promised act or obligation (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: failure • Hyponyms: breach of contract, breach of duty 2. an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) • Hypernyms: opening, gap 3. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) - they hoped to avoid a break in relations • Syn: rupture, break, severance, rift, falling out • Derivationally related forms: sever (for: severance), break (for: break) • Hypernyms: separation, breakup, detachment • Hyponyms: schism
1. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises (Freq. 1) - offend all laws of humanity - violate the basic laws or human civilization - break a law - break a promise • Syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, break • Ant: keep (for: break) • Derivationally related forms: violable (for: violate), violative (for: violate), violator (for: violate), infraction (for: infract), offensive (for: offend), offender (for: offend), offence (for: offend), transgression (for: transgress), transgressor (for: transgress), offense (for: offend) • Hypernyms: disrespect • Hyponyms: sin, transgress, trespass, drop the ball, blunder, blunder, goof, conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene, intrude • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 2. make an opening or gap in (Freq. 1) • Syn: gap • Derivationally related forms: gap (for: gap) • Hypernyms: open, open up • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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