/ˈbrek.fəst/
Translation
The first meal of the day, which people eat in the morning.
Word origin
From Middle English brekfast, meaning to break the fast after a night of not eating.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- brekfast
Grammar
Examples
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"Breakfast" is the first meal of the day.
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"Breakfasts" is the plural, meaning more than one breakfast.
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Here "breakfast" is the morning meal.
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(1)Grammar articles
(4)Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
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