Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

broke the news

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables
broke the news
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does broke the news mean?
simple past of break the news

How to pronounce broke the news

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