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PRONUNCIATION OF BREADWINNING

breadwinning  [ˈbrɛdˌwɪnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BREADWINNING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Breadwinning is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BREADWINNING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of breadwinning in the English dictionary

The definition of breadwinning in the dictionary is the action or work of supporting a family with your earnings.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BREADWINNING


award-winning
əˈwɔːdˌwɪnɪŋ
beginning
bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ
beginnings
bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ
combining
kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ
declining
dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ
designing
dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ
determining
dɪˈtɜːmɪnɪŋ
electrowinning
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈwɪnɪŋ
entertaining
ˌɛntəˈteɪnɪŋ
lining
ˈlaɪnɪŋ
mining
ˈmaɪnɪŋ
prizewinning
ˈpraɪzwɪnɪŋ
remaining
rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ
shining
ˈʃaɪnɪŋ
signing
ˈsaɪnɪŋ
spinning
ˈspɪnɪŋ
sustaining
səsˈteɪnɪŋ
training
ˈtreɪnɪŋ
twinning
ˈtwɪnɪŋ
winning
ˈwɪnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BREADWINNING

breadbox
breadcrumb
breaded
breadfruit
breadhead
breadknife
breadknives
breadless
breadline
breadnut
breadroom
breadroot
breadstick
breadsticks
breadstuff
breadth
breadthways
breadthwise
breadwinner
bready

WORDS THAT END LIKE BREADWINNING

banning
canning
caravanning
cleaning
cunning
dinning
family planning
fanning
free-running
inning
Manning
pinning
planning
running
scanning
spanning
stunning
tanning
thinning
tunning
up and running

Synonyms and antonyms of breadwinning in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «breadwinning» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BREADWINNING

Find out the translation of breadwinning to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of breadwinning from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «breadwinning» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

养家糊口
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gana el pan
570 millions of speakers

English

breadwinning
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

breadwinning
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

breadwinning
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неурочное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sustento da família
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

breadwinning
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soutien de famille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemulihan roti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Broterwerb
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

breadwinning
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

breadwinning
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Breadwinning
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

breadwinning
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வருவாய் ஆதரவாளராகவோ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रेडवॉईनिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çalışıp para kazanan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

breadwinning
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

breadwinning
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неурочний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

breadwinning
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

breadwinning
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

breadwinning
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

breadwinning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

breadwinning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of breadwinning

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BREADWINNING»

The term «breadwinning» is normally little used and occupies the 135.528 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BREADWINNING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about breadwinning

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREADWINNING»

Discover the use of breadwinning in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to breadwinning and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Breadwinning Daughters: Young Working Women in a ...
Katrina Srigley argues that young women were central to the labour market and family economies of Depression-era Toronto.
Katrina Srigley, 2010
2
Who Supports the Family?: Gender and Breadwinning in ...
This book uses data from a study of 153 dual-earner couples to examine the allocation of responsibility for breadwinning and the social construction of gender in their marriages.
Jean L. Potuchek, 1997
3
Breadwinning: New Zealand Women and the State
This book is an ambitious survey of women's lives and relations with the state - a state that looms large both as an agent of and an impediment to change.
Melanie Nolan, 2000
4
Kidding Ourselves: Breadwinning, Babies, and Bargaining Power
Applying sophisticated ideas from economic and game theory negotiation to family life, an empowering book traces decisions men and women make--often unwittingly--that lead to an unfair division of labor at home and outlines a strategy for ...
Rhona Mahony, 1995
5
The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, ...
But the stories of real people form the heart of this book: couples from every part of the country and every walk of life. They range from working class to affluent, and they are black, white, Asian, and Latino.
Jeremy A. Smith, 2009
6
When She Makes More: 10 Rules for Breadwinning Women
With eye-opening stories and a survey of one thousand people, this book will appeal to fans of The End of Men and The Richer Sex. Torabi helps us embrace this new reality and make it work.
Farnoosh Torabi, 2014
7
Breadwinning...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Mary Ann S Barber, 2011
8
Advancing Quality of Life in a Turbulent World
In a communitarian family it should not matter who the source of income is or how much a person contributes to the total household income. In other words, a person's happiness should not depend on his or her breadwinning status or on his or ...
Richard J. Estes, 2007
9
The Evolving Role of Female Breadwinning Families: Impacts ...
"This study involved female breadwinning married couples who included stay-at-home dads or dual-earners.
Kathleen Kiley, 2012
10
Love on the Rocks: Men, Women, and Alcohol in Post-World War ...
Of course breadwinning had been a cardinal component of male gender identity, for working-class and middle-class men, throughout the nineteenth century. Work experiences and work culture have long played central roles in the formation of ...
Lori Rotskoff, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BREADWINNING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term breadwinning is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Marriage Is a Human Institution; It Doesn't Come in One Shape That …
“Maybe it's because I teach contracts,” Ertman told Breadwinning and Caregiving Program Director Liza Mundy at a recent event at New ... «Pacific Standard, Jul 15»
2
The Appeal of Alone Time for the Over 50 Crowd
And many men are often just as delighted to be free of the shackles of breadwinning and feeling unappreciated for their efforts. Being single ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
The 7 leaders for Philadelphia Eagles in 2015
It is one thing to determine who might be the breadwinning quarterback, the workhorse running back, or the sack leader of the team, but it is an ... «EndZoneScore, Jul 15»
4
Infinitely Polar Bear
Meanwhile, their breadwinning mother Maggie (Zoe Saldana) lives 200 miles away in New York getting her MBA. One female neighbor praises ... «World Magazine, Jun 15»
5
The Daddy Wars: The Work/Family Problem We SHOULD Be …
... work and home responsibilities, are particularly penalized when they deviate from idealized roles requiring full-time, all-male breadwinning. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
6
Gender inequality: why is Mothercare not called Parentcare?
If society expects women to be mothers first and men to prioritise breadwinning, then both stereotypes are unfair and damaging to both genders ... «CampaignLive, Jun 15»
7
How I failed my father
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, that's how most of our fathers acted -- all business. It was how society expected breadwinning fathers to act. «Newsday, Jun 15»
8
Boys to men: Fathers, family, and opportunity
Of course, there is much more to being a man than money: in fact, to define masculinity in breadwinning terms alone is a fatal move. As Barack ... «Brookings Institution, Jun 15»
9
Don't worry, working moms: Just leave Dad in charge at home
Men aren't brought up to seek roles beyond breadwinning, much less act on those desires. Once, we didn't really know what women wanted, ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
10
This Father's Day, let's find common ground for strengthening …
... masculinity that encompasses not just breadwinning but also fatherhood and civic engagement in ways that are attractive to … working-class ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»

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