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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ブレーキ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: burēki

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Brake/breɪk/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #2100 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼は事故を避けるためにブレーキを踏んだ。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or machine.

    "He pressed the brake to avoid hitting the car in front."
As verb
  1. 1

    To slow down or stop the motion of a vehicle or machine.

    "You need to brake gently when approaching a stop sign."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'brake', meaning a cage or a trap, and later an instrument used for crushing or breaking. By the 16th century, the meaning evolved to describe a device used for slowing down or stopping a wheel or vehicle.

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