- Hyphenation: break‧down
- (countable) A breakdown is when something has failed, usually having to do with a machine of some sort.
- The car they were driving had a breakdown when the engine stopped working.
- (countable) A brekadown is when someones' state of mind has fallen apart or lapsed.
- (countable) A breakdown of something is a list or a breaking up of something into categories in great detail.