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I've covered a couple wars and a lot of breaking news and a lot of cops-and-robbers situations.
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Meaning of "breaking news" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BREAKING NEWS

breaking news  [ˈbreɪkɪŋ njuːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BREAKING NEWS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Breaking news 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 BREAKING NEWS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Breaking news

Breaking news, also known as a special report or news bulletin, is a current issue that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details. Its use is also assigned to the most significant story of the moment or a story that is being covered live. It could be a story that is simply of wide interest to viewers and has little impact otherwise. Many times, breaking news is used after the news network has already reported on this story. When a story has not been reported on previously, the graphic and phrase Just In is sometimes used instead.

Definition of breaking news in the English dictionary

The definition of breaking news in the dictionary is news of events that have taken place very recently or are in the process of taking place.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BREAKING NEWS


abuse
əˈbjuːz
accuse
əˈkjuːz
amuse
əˈmjuːz
confuse
kənˈfjuːz
diffuse
dɪˈfjuːz
dues
djuːz
excuse
ɪkˈskjuːz
fuse
fjuːz
Hughes
hjuːz
hypotenuse
haɪˈpɒtɪˌnjuːz
hypothenuse
haɪˈpɒθɪˌnjuːz
Matthews
ˈmæθjuːz
muse
mjuːz
news
njuːz
nonnews
ˌnɒnˈnjuːz
refuse
rɪˈfjuːz
reuse
riːˈjuːz
Syracuse
ˈsaɪrəˌkjuːz
use
juːz
values
ˈvæljuːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BREAKING NEWS

breakfast set
breakfast show
breakfast table
breakfast television
breakfast time
breakfast TV
breakfaster
breakfront
breaking
breaking and entering
breaking plough
breaking point
breaking strain
breaking stress
breaking-up
breakneck
breakoff
breakout
breakpoint
breakthrough

WORDS THAT END LIKE BREAKING NEWS

Andrews
bad news
betting news
flews
front-page news
headline news
Hebrews
home news
mews
Newport News
Saint Andrews
stews
the news
thews
trews

Synonyms and antonyms of breaking news in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «breaking news» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BREAKING NEWS

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

Translator English - Chinese

突发新闻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

noticias de última hora
570 millions of speakers

English

breaking news
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आज की ताजा खबर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأخبار العاجلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

последние новости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

notícias de última hora
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সদ্যপ্রাপ্ত সংবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dernières nouvelles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

berita tergempar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Breaking News
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ニュース速報
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

속보
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Breaking news
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tin tức mới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செய்தி உடைகிறது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ठळक बातम्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Son dakika haberleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ultime notizie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

breaking News
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

останні новини
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

știri de ultimă oră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σπάζοντας ειδήσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

breaking news
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

breaking news
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

breaking news
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of breaking news

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BREAKING NEWS»

The term «breaking news» is very widely used and occupies the 8.527 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BREAKING NEWS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «breaking news» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «breaking news» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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8 QUOTES WITH «BREAKING NEWS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word breaking news.
1
John King
I've covered a couple wars and a lot of breaking news and a lot of cops-and-robbers situations.
2
Taryn Manning
When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.
3
Amy Jo Martin
There are many benefits to a sports entity breaking news directly to their recipients: the entity has full control over the message and how it is shared versus previously relying on a media outlets to translate or distribute as they choose. Also, there's no quicker place for valuable information to spread than Twitter.
4
Dee Dee Myers
Exponential growth in access to the Internet, satellite television and radio, cell phones, and P.D.A.'s means that breaking news now reaches virtually every corner of the globe.
5
Tabitha Soren
If the breaking news story had to do with hard news, politics specifically, I had a lot to do with it. If it had to do with music, Kurt Loder was more involved.
6
Tabitha Soren
If the breaking news event has something to do with young people, specifically with MTV's audience, there was a higher chance that I would actually go cover it with a television camera instead of just write the story myself and read it on the air.
7
David Talbot
Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends money. For instance, since last year, we've had virtually no marketing budget. It's just word of mouth. And our circulation continues to grow that way by breaking news stories.
8
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Nothing you'll read as breaking news will ever hold a candle to the sheer beauty of settled science. Textbook science has carefully phrased explanations for new students, math derived step by step, plenty of experiments as illustration, and test problems.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREAKING NEWS»

Discover the use of breaking news in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to breaking news and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Breaking News
Now in Breaking News, a blistering, behind-the-scenes novel about the savagely competitive world of television news, he writes about this world he knows best--a world where integrity is held hostage in the relentless pursuit of the bottom ...
Robert Macneil, 2012
2
Breaking News
'Teresa 'Toots' Amelia Loudenberry is extending her stay in Charleston to help care for her ailing housekeeper, Bernice.
Fern Michaels, 2012
3
Breaking News: How the Wheels Came off at Reuters
Read it and heed the warnings." —Tim Sebastian, best-selling novelist, international broadcaster and former Reuters correspondent. Breaking News is the first book to expose the sorry tale of Reuters precipitous fall from grace.
Brian Mooney, Barry Simpson, 2004
4
Breaking News: A Novel
Nothing is as it appears and soon Bill uncovers dark secrets that someone would kill to protect. As the news story unfolds Bill Ramey and Senator Smith are swept into the funnel of a media tornado that neither of them can control.
Julia D. Rader, Michael Gudgell, 2010
5
Making News, Breaking News
Making News, Breaking News, HerOwn Way is about the lives and work of some of the most outstanding women journalists of our time who redefined and gave a whole new meaning to what constitutes news, in terms of values and themes.
Latika Padgaonkar, 2012
6
Breaking news : God has a plan: an anchorwoman's journey ...
Read the riveting story of the Fox 4 Evening News anchor's experience with a stalker and what she went through to bring him to justice. She also outlines the 10 steps to success her faith led her to that anyone can use in their own life.
Harris Faulkner, 1999
7
Breaking News: A Stunning and Memorable Account of Reporting ...
During three decades covering wars, revolutions, and natural disasters, Fletcher worked his way from news agency cameraman to top network correspondent, facing down his own fears while facing up to mass killers, warlords, and murderers.
Martin Fletcher, 2008
8
Grandma's Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals
Avoid the messy confrontations that accompany delivering bad news personally and let one of these cute baby animal postcards deliver the devastating message for you.
Amanda McCall, Ben Schwartz, 2011
9
Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered War, ...
Uses personal accounts, archival materials, interviews, and Pulitzer-Prize-winning photographs to document AP's groundbreaking role in providing the news to the international and American press.
Associated Press, 2007
10
Breaking News
The Bratz take to the airwaves of Stiles High in their latest project.
Laura J. Burns, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BREAKING NEWS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term breaking news is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Wales breaking news plus live traffic, weather and M4 updates …
Join Cathy Owen for all the latest traffic, travel, weather, sport, entertainment, comment and breaking news updates from WalesOnline, covering ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
2
Breaking News: Cosby testified that he gave women drugs for sex
Philidelphia — Bill Cosby admitted in 2005 that he secured Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex ... «Channel 24, Jul 15»
3
Live: Breaking news, traffic and travel across Teesside
The Evening Gazette's live breaking news blog brings you regular updates, pictures, video, tweets and comments covering the latest Teesside ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
4
BREAKING NEWS: Oakland City Attorney Said Luxury Tower Deal Is …
Records show that the city council ignored a confidential legal opinion drafted by City Attorney Barbara Parker that warned that the sale of ... «East Bay Express, Jul 15»
5
Ice caves collapse in Snohomish, Wash.
You can now watch live video when news breaks in the Breaking News app. From presidential announcements to rocket launches, watch instantly without any ... «BreakingNews.com, Jul 15»
6
BREAKING NEWS: Body found in Glace Bay park
BREAKING NEWS: Body found in Glace Bay park. Published on July 06, 2015. Share 0. 0 Comment; Send to a friend; Print. Published on July 06, 2015. «Cape Breton Post, Jul 15»
7
Surrey Live: Breaking news from across the county, July 7
KNIFE CRIME: Knife crime in Surrey is the lowest in the country, it has emerged. The number of incidents has fallen by more than 50% in six ... «Get Surrey, Jul 15»
8
Wales' brutal Rugby World Cup training camp LIVE: Breaking news
Wales' brutal Rugby World Cup training camp LIVE: Breaking news and images from Switzerland. 08:31, 7 July 2015; By Delme Parfitt , Matthew Southcombe ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
9
BREAKING NEWS: Baby Now Presumed Dead After Father Jumps …
BREAKING NEWS: Baby Now Presumed Dead After Father Jumps Off Arrigoni Bridge. Father Tony Moreno jumped from a bridge on Sunday ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
10
Whiskey Row building fire in Louisville, July 6, 2015
BREAKING NEWS ... You can now watch live video when news breaks in the Breaking News app. ... Find out first with the Breaking News app «BreakingNews.com, Jul 15»

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