1 [C] an occasion when a vehicle or machine stops working:
a breakdown on the motorway * a breakdown recovery service
2 [C,U] a failure of a relationship, discussion or system:
the breakdown of a marriage * marriage breakdown * a breakdown in communications * The breakdown of the negotiations was not unexpected. * the breakdown of law and order
3 [C,usually sing.] detailed information that you get by studying a set of figures:
First, let's look at a breakdown of the costs.
4 [U] (technical) the breaking of a substance into the parts of which it is made:
the breakdown of proteins in the digestive system
5 [C] = NERVOUSBREAKDOWN:
She's still recovering from her breakdown.
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