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Meaning of "breathalyse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BREATHALYSE

breathalyse  [ˈbrɛθəˌlaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BREATHALYSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Breathalyse is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb breathalyse in English.

WHAT DOES BREATHALYSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of breathalyse in the English dictionary

The definition of breathalyse in the dictionary is to apply a Breathalyser test to.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BREATHALYSE

PRESENT

Present
I breathalyse
you breathalyse
he/she/it breathalyses
we breathalyse
you breathalyse
they breathalyse
Present continuous
I am breathalysing
you are breathalysing
he/she/it is breathalysing
we are breathalysing
you are breathalysing
they are breathalysing
Present perfect
I have breathalysed
you have breathalysed
he/she/it has breathalysed
we have breathalysed
you have breathalysed
they have breathalysed
Present perfect continuous
I have been breathalysing
you have been breathalysing
he/she/it has been breathalysing
we have been breathalysing
you have been breathalysing
they have been breathalysing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I breathalysed
you breathalysed
he/she/it breathalysed
we breathalysed
you breathalysed
they breathalysed
Past continuous
I was breathalysing
you were breathalysing
he/she/it was breathalysing
we were breathalysing
you were breathalysing
they were breathalysing
Past perfect
I had breathalysed
you had breathalysed
he/she/it had breathalysed
we had breathalysed
you had breathalysed
they had breathalysed
Past perfect continuous
I had been breathalysing
you had been breathalysing
he/she/it had been breathalysing
we had been breathalysing
you had been breathalysing
they had been breathalysing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will breathalyse
you will breathalyse
he/she/it will breathalyse
we will breathalyse
you will breathalyse
they will breathalyse
Future continuous
I will be breathalysing
you will be breathalysing
he/she/it will be breathalysing
we will be breathalysing
you will be breathalysing
they will be breathalysing
Future perfect
I will have breathalysed
you will have breathalysed
he/she/it will have breathalysed
we will have breathalysed
you will have breathalysed
they will have breathalysed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been breathalysing
you will have been breathalysing
he/she/it will have been breathalysing
we will have been breathalysing
you will have been breathalysing
they will have been breathalysing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would breathalyse
you would breathalyse
he/she/it would breathalyse
we would breathalyse
you would breathalyse
they would breathalyse
Conditional continuous
I would be breathalysing
you would be breathalysing
he/she/it would be breathalysing
we would be breathalysing
you would be breathalysing
they would be breathalysing
Conditional perfect
I would have breathalyse
you would have breathalyse
he/she/it would have breathalyse
we would have breathalyse
you would have breathalyse
they would have breathalyse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been breathalysing
you would have been breathalysing
he/she/it would have been breathalysing
we would have been breathalysing
you would have been breathalysing
they would have been breathalysing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you breathalyse
we let´s breathalyse
you breathalyse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to breathalyse
Past participle
breathalysed
Present Participle
breathalysing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BREATHALYSE


actualise
ˈæktʃʊəˌlaɪz
analyse
ˈænəˌlaɪz
capitalize
ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz
finalize
ˈfaɪnəˌlaɪz
generalize
ˈdʒɛnrəˌlaɪz
initialize
ɪˈnɪʃəˌlaɪz
legalize
ˈliːɡəˌlaɪz
localize
ˈləʊkəˌlaɪz
naphthalise
ˈnæfθəˌlaɪz
naphthalize
ˈnæfθəˌlaɪz
neutralize
ˈnjuːtrəˌlaɪz
normalize
ˈnɔːməˌlaɪz
personalize
ˈpɜːsənəˌlaɪz
realise
ˈrɪəˌlaɪz
realize
ˈrɪəˌlaɪz
revitalize
riːˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz
socialize
ˈsəʊʃəˌlaɪz
specialize
ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz
symbolize
ˈsɪmbəˌlaɪz
visualize
ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BREATHALYSE

breath
breath freshener
breath test
breath-test
breathability
breathable
Breathalyser
breathalyze
Breathalyzer
breatharian
breatharianism
breathe
breathe again
breathe down someone´s neck
breathe one´s last
breathed
breather
breathful
breathier
breathiest

WORDS THAT END LIKE BREATHALYSE

atmolyse
autocatalyse
autolyse
catalyse
dialyse
electrolyse
hemolyse
hydrolyse
lyse
overanalyse
paralyse
photolyse
plasmolyse
proteolyse
psychoanalyse
pyrolyse
re-analyse

Synonyms and antonyms of breathalyse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «breathalyse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BREATHALYSE

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

Translator English - Chinese

breathalyse
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

breathalyse
570 millions of speakers

English

breathalyse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

breathalyse
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

breathalyse
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

breathalyse
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

breathalyse
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

breathalyse
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

breathalyse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Breathalyse
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

breathalyse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

breathalyse
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

breathalyse
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Breathalyse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

breathalyse
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

breathalyse
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्वासोच्छ्वास घेणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

breathalyse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

breathalyse
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

breathalyse
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

breathalyse
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

breathalyse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

breathalyse
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

asem proef
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

breathalyse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

breathalyse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of breathalyse

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BREATHALYSE»

The term «breathalyse» is used very little and occupies the 182.536 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of breathalyse
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BREATHALYSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «breathalyse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «breathalyse» 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 breathalyse

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BREATHALYSE»

Discover the use of breathalyse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to breathalyse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Someone Else's Country
I'll have to breathalyse you. I've drunk four stubbies since the crash. So it won't be an accurate reading of my levels when it happened. I have to breathalyse you or arrest you. He is steady. Not a threat. He can't think any way but rules and regs.
Peter Docker, 2010
2
Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law
Mannion63 a policeman followed a motorist up the driveway of his house and asked to breathalyse him. The occupier turned and said 'Fuck off'. The Divisional Court took the view that the words that were uttered—which must be taken to have ...
Simon F. Deakin, Angus Johnston, Basil Markesinis, 2012
3
Drink and drug driving law: first report of session 2010-11, ...
The police already possess powers to stop and breathalyse people in a wide range of defined situations. The North Review recommends that these powers are widened to provide police with a "general and unrestricted power" to require  ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, 2010
4
Police Custody: Governance, Legitimacy and Reform in the ...
... a room containing the equipment used to breathalyse suspects; ( a tea room; ( two toilets – one for suspects and one for staff. In Gormiston, there were only 11 rooms, which included: ( four interview and consultation rooms;4 ( a doctor's room ...
Layla Skinns, 2012
5
The Good Guys Wear Blue
I'm surprised they could even find where we were because they surely couldn't have known their way around the patch having never left the station, and neither of them lived in Coventry. The inspector came over to breathalyse me. There's a ...
Paul Browning, 2007
6
Tort Law
A rather extreme example of this is provided by Snook v Mannion [1982] where a motorist told the policeman who had followed him up his driveway in order to breathalyse him to 'fuck off'. The court held that these words—which were taken to ...
Kirsty Horsey, Erika Rackley, 2013
7
Doctor's Daughters
“If you're going to breathalyse him, you're going to breathalyse us,” Freddie declared doughtily. “We're the Three Musketeers. All for one and one for all.” “ Athos!” pronounced Roland, slapping his chest. “Porthos!” declared Freddie, grabbing a ...
Richard Gordon, 2001
8
Grand Dictionnaire Hachette-Oxford
Marie-Hélène Corréard, Valerie Grundy, Jean-Benoit Ormal-Grenon, Nicholas Rollin. b. b. breathalyse • brickyard breathalyse GB, breathalyze US ...
Marie-Hélène Corréard, Valerie Grundy, Jean-Benoit Ormal-Grenon, 2007
9
Untitled
Common mistake: breath or breathe? Warning: do not confuse the noun breath with the verb breathe: Pollution is damaging the air that we breath. Pollution is damaging the air that we breathe. breathalyse uk, us breathalyze /"breT.
10
Forensic linguistics
It appeared to the officer that Ms Smith's breath smelled of alcohol, so he requested Ms Smith to accompany him to the police vehicle where he could breathalyse her. She got into the back of the vehicle and was handed the mouthpiece.
John Olsson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BREATHALYSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term breathalyse is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Queensland plans crackdown on alcohol-fuelled violence
“We will be giving police the power to breathalyse drunk or disorderly patrons so they have the evidence they need to prosecute licensees, ... «The Saturday Paper, Jul 15»
2
Watch video of Luton man David Nimmo abuse officers after being …
A LUTON man who hurled abuse at police officers who tried to breathalyse him has been convicted in court. David Nimmo, 27, of Speak Close, ... «Luton On Sunday, Jul 15»
3
Watch motorist hurl abuse at police officers who tried to breathalyse
A man arrested on suspicion of drink driving who boasted to police officers if he was charged the case would be laughed out of court has been ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Woman dead and 16 injured after motorbike crashes into bar patio
Standard procedure at the scene of a serious accident is to breathalyse and drug-test the driver at fault, but police were not able to do so due to his condition. «NEWS.GNOM.ES, Jun 15»
5
David Turnbull has had enough. Picture: Josh Woning Source …
We think it would be lovely to have the police be able to afford to sit here and breathalyse people as they leave.” Mr Turnbull said he had also ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
6
Queensland Government denies it wants to breathalyse clubbers
The Queensland State Government has denied it wants to breathalyse clubbers while they're in the club, but is pushing ahead with its plan for a ... «Mixmag, Jun 15»
7
Queensland Government Denies Plans To Randomly Breathalyse
The Queensland State Government has denied recent reports that they are looking to introduce measures that would allow them to breathalyse ... «Music Feeds, Jun 15»
8
D'Ath rules out random breath tests
Attorney General Yvette D'Arth was quoted saying: “Allowing police to breathalyse drunken patrons will help them build cases for prosecution ... «The Shout, Jun 15»
9
Police set to breathalyse people in clubs in Australia
In what has to be some of the most ludicrous news we've seen in a while, police in Queensland, Australia look set to be able to breathalyse ... «Mixmag, Jun 15»
10
Police May Start To Breathalyse Patrons At Random In QLD Clubs
A radical new State Government plan is in the works to allow Queensland police officers to breathalyse patrons at random in bars and clubs. «theMusic, Jun 15»

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