Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

break the story

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables
break the s-to-ry
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be the first to address or publicize an issue, often a news story.

verb

To create or determine the outline of the story of a screenplay.

Inflected Forms

breaks the story (present, singular) breaking the story (participle, present) broke the story (past) broken the story (participle, past)

Phrases

breaking news

Frequently Paired Words

breaking news

Questions

What does break the story mean?
To be the first to address or publicize an issue, often a news story.

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