This is a complicated topic, let's break it down into simpler concepts so we can understand. The carnival ended, the workers broke down the tent and later loaded it on a truck.Ī meaning of break down that is not related to the above, where it 100% is a phrasal verb, means to reduce to smaller parts, typically to try to understand. It also can mean to take apart in preparation to be put away: So barriers in the sense of things that block communication are a logical type of wall and to "break them down" means to find a way through the barrier. The phrasal verb is pronounced with equal stress on both words. It also can be used to not necessarily mean "to be destroyed" but something like "remove". Break down is a verb phrase (consisting of a verb and another part of speech, in this case an adverb) meaning to go out of order, lose self-control, or separate into parts or decompose. Negotiations have broken down again, and I'm starting to worry that we'll never reach an agreement for a new contract. She didn't come to the party because her car broke down on the way here. Een breakdown doet zich voor als het aandeel na een zijwaartse beweging of zijwaarts patroon door een steunlevel zakt. The term was often used in the past, but mental health professionals no longer use it. It affects a person's ability to meet their own needs and do daily tasks and activities. Relations between the US and North Korea broke down. verb Of a machine, to malfunction or break altogether. The term 'nervous breakdown' is used by some people to describe a stressful situation when life's demands become physically and emotionally overwhelming. The gas breaks down into harmless components when it is exposed to light.
BREAK DOWN SERIES
We didn't necessary apply force in a downward motion but when a wall breaks it will fall down to the ground by itself.īut break down can be used to describe destruction for things other than walls: break (something) down phrasal verb with break verb uk / brek / us / brek / broke broken to divide or cause to divide into two or more parts or groups: A good way to deal with a big problem is to break it down to a series of smaller ones.
We broke down the wall = We destroyed the wall.
I threw down the ball to Jimmy = I threw the ball in a downward direction to Jimmy, Jimmy is below me.Īnd sometimes the direction of the activity is specified but the subject of the activity is not directly "aiming" the action: You can add a preposition after a verb to indicate the direction that the activity was pointed toward. Not sure if break down is really being used phrasally here.
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