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English conjugation of the verb "to break" in Present Simple Tense
Simple Forms

Basic Forms

  • Infinitive
  • to break
  •  
  • Imperative
  • break
  • let's break
  • break
  • Present Participle
  • breaking
  •  
  • Past Participle
  • broken
  •  
Indicative:

Present

  • I break
  • you break
  • he/she/it breaks
  • we break
  • you break
  • they break

Past

  • I broke
  • you broke
  • he/she/it broke
  • we broke
  • you broke
  • they broke

Compound Forms

Past Participle

  • having broken
Indicative

Present continuous

  • I am breaking
  • you are breaking
  • he/she/it is breaking
  • we are breaking
  • you are breaking
  • they are breaking

Present perfect

  • I have broken
  • you have broken
  • he/she/it has broken
  • we have broken
  • you have broken
  • they have broken

Future

  • I will break
  • you will break
  • he/she/it will break
  • we will break
  • you will break
  • they will break

Future Perfect

  • I will have broken
  • you will have broken
  • he/she/it will have broken
  • we will have broken
  • you will have broken
  • they will have broken

Past continuous

  • I was breaking
  • you were breaking
  • he/she/it was breaking
  • we were breaking
  • you were breaking
  • they were breaking

Past perfect

  • I had broken
  • you had broken
  • he/she/it had broken
  • we had broken
  • you had broken
  • they had broken

Future continuous

  • I will be breaking
  • you will be breaking
  • he/she/it will be breaking
  • we will be breaking
  • you will be breaking
  • they will be breaking

Present perfect continuous

  • I have been breaking
  • you have been breaking
  • he/she/it has been breaking
  • we have been breaking
  • you have been breaking
  • they have been breaking

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been breaking
  • you had been breaking
  • he/she/it had been breaking
  • we had been breaking
  • you had been breaking
  • they had been breaking

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been breaking
  • you will have been breaking
  • he/she/it will have been breaking
  • we will have been breaking
  • you will have been breaking
  • they will have been breaking

Basic Forms

  • Infinitive
  • not to break
  •  
  • Imperative
  • do not break
  • let's not break
  • do not break
  • Present Participle
  • not breaking
  •  
  • Past Participle
  • not broken
  •  

Present

  • I do not break
  • you do not break
  • he/she/it does not break
  • we do not break
  • you do not break
  • they do not break

Past

  • I did not break
  • you did not break
  • he/she/it did not break
  • we did not break
  • you did not break
  • they did not break

Past Participle

  • not having broken

Present continuous

  • I am not breaking
  • you are not breaking
  • he/she/it is not breaking
  • we are not breaking
  • you are not breaking
  • they are not breaking

Present perfect

  • I have not broken
  • you have not broken
  • he/she/it has not broken
  • we have not broken
  • you have not broken
  • they have not broken

Future

  • I will not break
  • you will not break
  • he/she/it will not break
  • we will not break
  • you will not break
  • they will not break

Future Perfect

  • I will not have broken
  • you will not have broken
  • he/she/it will not have broken
  • we will not have broken
  • you will not have broken
  • they will not have broken

Past continuous

  • I was not breaking
  • you were not breaking
  • he/she/it was not breaking
  • we were not breaking
  • you were not breaking
  • they were not breaking

Past perfect

  • I had not broken
  • you had not broken
  • he/she/it had not broken
  • we had not broken
  • you had not broken
  • they had not broken

Future continuous

  • I will not be breaking
  • you will not be breaking
  • he/she/it will not be breaking
  • we will not be breaking
  • you will not be breaking
  • they will not be breaking

Present perfect continuous

  • I have not been breaking
  • you have not been breaking
  • he/she/it has not been breaking
  • we have not been breaking
  • you have not been breaking
  • they have not been breaking

Past perfect continuous

  • I had not been breaking
  • you had not been breaking
  • he/she/it had not been breaking
  • we had not been breaking
  • you had not been breaking
  • they had not been breaking

Future perfect continuous

  • I will not have been breaking
  • you will not have been breaking
  • he/she/it will not have been breaking
  • we will not have been breaking
  • you will not have been breaking
  • they will not have been breaking
Indicative:

Present

  • do I break ?
  • do you break ?
  • does he/she/it break ?
  • do we break ?
  • do you break ?
  • do they break ?

Past

  • did I break ?
  • did you break ?
  • did he/she/it break ?
  • did we break ?
  • did you break ?
  • did they break ?
Indicative

Present continuous

  • am I breaking ?
  • are you breaking ?
  • is he/she/it breaking ?
  • are we breaking ?
  • are you breaking ?
  • are they breaking ?

Present perfect

  • have I broken ?
  • have you broken ?
  • has he/she/it broken ?
  • have we broken ?
  • have you broken ?
  • have they broken ?

Future

  • will I break ?
  • will you break ?
  • will he/she/it break ?
  • will we break ?
  • will you break ?
  • will they break ?

Future Perfect

  • will I have broken ?
  • will you have broken ?
  • will he/she/it have broken ?
  • will we have broken ?
  • will you have broken ?
  • will they have broken ?

Past continuous

  • was I breaking ?
  • were you breaking ?
  • was he/she/it breaking ?
  • were we breaking ?
  • were you breaking ?
  • were they breaking ?

Past perfect

  • had I broken ?
  • had you broken ?
  • had he/she/it broken ?
  • had we broken ?
  • had you broken ?
  • had they broken ?

Future continuous

  • will I be breaking ?
  • will you be breaking ?
  • will he/she/it be breaking ?
  • will we be breaking ?
  • will you be breaking ?
  • will they be breaking ?

Present perfect continuous

  • have I been breaking ?
  • have you been breaking ?
  • has he/she/it been breaking ?
  • have we been breaking ?
  • have you been breaking ?
  • have they been breaking ?

Past perfect continuous

  • had I been breaking ?
  • had you been breaking ?
  • had he/she/it been breaking ?
  • had we been breaking ?
  • had you been breaking ?
  • had they been breaking ?

Future perfect continuous

  • will I have been breaking ?
  • will you have been breaking ?
  • will he/she/it have been breaking ?
  • will we have been breaking ?
  • will you have been breaking ?
  • will they have been breaking ?
See also verbs with similar meaning: break apart,  break away,  break bread,  break camp,  break dance,  more ...

Definitions:

  • -  Weaken or destroy in spirit or body
  • -  Diminish or discontinue abruptly
  • -  Fracture a bone of
  • -  Fall sharply
  • -  Make submissive, obedient, or useful
  • -  Be broken in
  • -  Crack; of the male voice in puberty
  • -  Render inoperable or ineffective
  • -  Become separated into pieces or fragments
  • -  Destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
  • -  Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
  • -  Happen
  • -  Prevent completion
  • -  Terminate
  • -  Lessen in force or effect
  • -  Stop operating or functioning
  • -  Change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
  • -  Come into being
  • -  Find the solution or key to
  • -  Find a flaw in
  • -  Undergo breaking
  • -  Interrupt the flow of current in
  • -  Cease an action temporarily
  • -  Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  • -  Be released or become known; of news
  • -  Surpass in excellence
  • -  Pierce or penetrate
  • -  Become punctured or penetrated
  • -  Break a piece from a whole
  • -  Go to pieces
  • -  Ruin completely
  • -  Separate from a clinch, in boxing
  • -  Make the opening shot that scatters the balls
  • -  Destroy the completeness of a set of related items
  • -  Exchange for smaller units of money
  • -  Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
  • -  Do a break dance
  • -  Curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
  • -  Break down, literally or metaphorically
  • -  Emerge from the surface of a body of water
  • -  Scatter or part
  • -  Make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
  • -  Move away or escape suddenly
  • -  Change directions suddenly
  • -  Reduce to bankruptcy
  • -  Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
  • -  Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
  • -  Invalidate by judicial action
  • -  Interrupt a continued activity
  • -  Cause the failure or ruin of
  • -  Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
  • -  Enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
  • -  Happen or take place
  • -  Come forth or begin from a state of latency
  • -  Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
  • -  Give up
  • -  Cause to give up a habit
  • -  Vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
  • -  Come to an end

Examples:

  • -  A man broken by the terrible experience of near-death
  • -  The patient's fever broke last night
  • -  I broke my foot while playing hockey
  • -  Stock prices broke
  • -  I broke in the new intern
  • -  If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress
  • -  His voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir
  • -  You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!
  • -  The freshly baked loaf fell apart
  • -  She broke the match
  • -  The glass cracked when it was heated
  • -  These political movements recrudesce from time to time
  • -  Break off the negotiations
  • -  Break the cycle of poverty
  • -  Break a fall
  • -  Her eyesight went after the accident
  • -  Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children
  • -  Voices broke in the air
  • -  Break the code
  • -  Break down a proof
  • -  The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages
  • -  Break a circuit
  • -  Let's break for lunch
  • -  Unwrap the evidence in the murder case
  • -  News of her death broke in the morning
  • -  Break a record
  • -  The blade broke her skin
  • -  The skin broke
  • -  Break a branch from a tree
  • -  The old chair finally fell apart completely
  • -  He busted my radio!
  • -  The referee broke the boxers
  • -  The book dealer would not break the set
  • -  I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy
  • -  Erupt in anger
  • -  Kids were break-dancing at the street corner
  • -  The surf broke
  • -  The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
  • -  The whales broke
  • -  The clouds broke after the heavy downpour
  • -  The ranks broke
  • -  Nobody can break out--this prison is high security
  • -  The slump in the financial markets smashed him
  • -  He was broken down to Sergeant
  • -  My friend and I split up
  • -  The will was broken
  • -  She had broken with the traditional patterns
  • -  This play will either make or break the playwright
  • -  Break a promise
  • -  Who broke into my account last night?
  • -  Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months
  • -  The first winter storm broke over New York
  • -  This sentence violates the rules of syntax
  • -  Break cigarette smoking
  • -  She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes
  • -  The flat plain was broken by tall mesas
  • -  The heat wave finally broke yesterday

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