breakpoint

[breyk-point]

noun

1. a convenient point at which to make a change, interruption, etc.

breakpoint

/ ˈbreɪkˌpɔɪnt /

noun

1. computing

   1. an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program

   2. the point in a program at which such an instruction operates

Word History and Origins

Origin of breakpoint¹

break + point

Example Sentences

In temperatures of 31 C and humidity levels of 62 percent, Djokovic managed to hold the first game despite facing breakpoint twice and falling to the ground again at one point.

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If they stopped or “chose out of the seminar,” they were sent to a new seminar called breakpoint, which was meant to mentally break those participating.

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In breakpoint, students had to repeat a series of phrases over and over again for the entire day to the point of dissociation.

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Sinner didn’t give Djokovic a look at a breakpoint as he ended the 10-time Australian Open champion’s 33-match unbeaten streak at Melbourne Park dating to 2018.

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In the sixth game of the fifth set, Sinner had triple breakpoint against a fatiguing Medvedev.

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