Break or Breaks or The Break may refer to:
Time off from duties
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Recess (break), time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties
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Break (work), time off during a shift/recess
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Annual leave (holiday/vacation), paid time off work
Time off from school
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Holiday break, a U.S. term for various school holidays
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Christmas break or Winter break, a break in the winter, typically around Christmas and New Years
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Spring break, a recess in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere
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Summer break, a typical long break in the summertime
People
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Ted Breaks (1919–2000), English professional footballer
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Danny Breaks (active 1990s–), British drum and bass DJ, record producer and record label owner
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Jim Breaks (1940–2023), English professional wrestler
Sport
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, the first shot meant to break the balls in cue sports, also a series of shots in snooker
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Breaking ball, a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter
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Surf break, place where a wave collapses into surf
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Horse breaking, the process of training a horse to be ridden
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Break (tennis), to win a tennis game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve
Technology
Computing
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Break condition, in asynchronous serial communication
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Break key, a special key on computer keyboards
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Break statement, a keyword in computer programming used to execute an early exit from a loop
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Line break (computing), a special character signifying the end of a line of text
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To break (or "crack") an encryption cipher, in cryptanalysis
Other technologies
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Brake (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the 19th and early 20th centuries
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Break (locksmithing), a separation between pins of a lock
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Breakover angle, a maximum possible supplementary angle of terrain
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Paradelta Break, an Italian paraglider design
Arts and media
Books
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The Break (Giovanni novel), 1957, by José Giovanni
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The Break (Vermette novel), 2016, by Katherena Vermette
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The Breaks (novel), 1983, by Richard Price
Film, television and theatre
To break character (or "corpse"), to lose composure during comedic scenes
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Break (2008 film), an American action film
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Break (2014 film), also known as Nature Law
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Break (2020 film), a British independent film
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The Break (play), a 1962 play by Philip Albright
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The Break (1963 film), a drama starring Tony Britton
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The Break (1995 film), an American tennis film
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The Break, alternative name for the 1997 film A Further Gesture
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The Break, a 2003 TV film featuring Kris Kristofferson
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The Break, a short film shown at the 2016 Dublin International Film Festival
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The Break (TV series), a 2016 Belgian crime drama, also known as La Trêve
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The Break with Michelle Wolf, a 2018 Netflix series
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The Breaks (1999 film), an American comedy
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The Breaks (2016 film), an American television hip-hop drama
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The Breaks (TV series), a 2017 American drama and a continuation of the 2016 film
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"Break", a 1995 episode of the British television series Bottom
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Break (Transformers), a fictional character
Music
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Break (music), a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music
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Breakbeat, a broad style of electronic or dance-oriented music
Albums
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Break (Enchant album), 1998
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Break (Mamoru Miyano album), 2009
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Break (One-Eyed Doll album), 2010
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Break (EP), 2006, by The Cinematics
Songs
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"Break", 1972, by Aphrodite's Child
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"The Breaks" (song), 1980, by Kurtis Blow
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"Break" (1984), by Play Dead
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"Break" (1996), by Staind from the album Tormented
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"Break" (1998), by Fugazi from the album End Hits
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"Break" (2002), by Jurassic 5 from the album Power in Numbers
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"Break" (2006), by Republic of Loose from the album Aaagh!
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"Break" (2006), by The Cinematics
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"Break" (2008), by Alanis Morissette from the album Flavors of Entanglement
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"Break" (Three Days Grace song) (2009)
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"Break" (2013), by Hostyle Gospel from the album Desperation
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"Break" (2015), by Katherine McPhee from the album Hysteria
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"Break" (2015), by No Devotion from the album Permanence
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"Break" (Kero Kero Bonito song), 2016
Other media
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Break.com, a humor website
Other uses
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Big break (jargon), a circumstance which allows an actor or musician to "break into" the industry and achieve fame
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Bone fracture, a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone
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Commercial break, in television and radio
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Prison escape, the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways
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Section break, in type setting
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Break, an air combat maneuver; see Basic fighter maneuvers
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Breaks, Virginia
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Psychotic break
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The Breaks, named for an American topography that appears to "break away" from the Missouri River, located in Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
See also
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Brake (disambiguation)
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Break a leg, an expression in theatre
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Breakdancing
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Breaking (disambiguation)
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Breakwater (structure)
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Broke (disambiguation)
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Burglary, sometimes called a "break-in"
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Winter break (disambiguation)
