Break or Breaks or The Break may refer to:

Time off from duties

Recess (break) Recess is a general term for a period in which a group of people are temporarily dismissed from their duties. In education, recess is the American and Australian term (known as ''break'' or ''playtime'' in the UK), where students have a mid m ...

, time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties * Break (work), time off during a shift/recess **

Coffee break A break at work (or work-break) is a period of time during a shift in which an employee is allowed to take time off from their job. It is a type of downtime. There are different types of breaks, and depending on the length and the employer' ...

, a short mid-morning rest period in business *

Annual leave Annual leave is a period of paid time off work granted by employers to employees to be used for whatever the employee wishes. Depending on the employer's policies, differing number of days may be offered, and the employee may be required to gi ...

(holiday/vacation), paid time off work

Time off from school

* Holiday break, a U.S. term for various

school holidays An academic year or school year is a period of time which schools, colleges and universities use to measure a quantity of study. School holiday School holidays (also referred to as vacations, breaks, and recess) are the periods during which sch ...

* Christmas break or ''Winter break'', a break in the winter, typically around Christmas and New Years * Spring break, a recess in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere *

Summer break Summer vacation or summer break is a school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year. Students are off anywhere between three weeks to three months. Depending on the country and district, staff might be parti ...

, a typical long break in the summertime

People

Ted Breaks Edward Breaks (29 December 1919 – November 2000) was an English professional association football, footballer who played in the English Football League, Football League as a full back (association football), left back for Halifax Town A.F.C., ...

(1919–2000), English professional footballer * Danny Breaks (active 1990s–), British drum and bass DJ, record producer and record label owner

Sport

* , the first shot meant to break the balls in cue sports, also a series of shots in snooker *

Breaking ball In baseball, a breaking ball is a pitch that does not travel straight as it approaches the batter; it will have sideways or downward motion on it, sometimes both (see slider). A breaking ball is not a specific pitch by that name, but is any p ...

, a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter *

Surf break Surf or SURF may refer to: Commercial products * Surf (detergent), a brand of laundry detergent made by Unilever Computers and software * "Surfing the Web", slang for exploring the World Wide Web * surf (web browser), a lightweight web brows ...

, place where a wave collapses into surf *

Horse breaking Horse training refers to a variety of practices that teach horses to perform certain behaviors when commanded to do so by humans. Horses are trained to be manageable by humans for everyday care as well as for equestrianism, equestrian activitie ...

, the process of training a horse to be ridden *

Break (tennis) This page is a glossary of tennis terminology. A * Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and gen ...

, to win a tennis game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve

Technology

Computing

* Break condition, in asynchronous serial communication * Break key, a special key on computer keyboards * break statement, a keyword in computer programming used for flow control *

Line break (computing) Newline (frequently called line ending, end of line (EOL), next line (NEL) or line break) is a control character or sequence of control characters in character encoding specifications such as ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode, etc. This character, or a ...

, a special character signifying the end of a line of text * To break (or "crack") an encryption cipher, in

cryptanalysis Cryptanalysis (from the Greek ''kryptós'', "hidden", and ''analýein'', "to analyze") refers to the process of analyzing information systems in order to understand hidden aspects of the systems. Cryptanalysis is used to breach cryptographic sec ...

Other technologies

Brake (carriage) {{Distinguish, Brake{{!Brake, label 1= A brake (French: ''break'') was a horse-drawn carriage used in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the training of horses for draft work, or an early automobile of similar body design. A shooting-brake ...

, a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the 19th and early 20th centuries * Break (locksmithing), a separation between pins of a lock *

Breakover angle Breakover angle is the maximum possible supplementary angle (usually expressed in degrees) that a vehicle, with at least one forward wheel and one rear wheel, can drive over without the apex of that angle touching any point of the vehicle other ...

, a maximum possible supplementary angle of terrain *

Paradelta Break The Paradelta Break is an Italian single-place paraglider that was designed and produced by Paradelta Parma of Parma. It remained in production in 2016.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 24 ...

, an Italian paraglider design

Arts and media

Books

* ''The Break'' (novel), 1957, by José Giovanni * ''The Breaks'' (novel), by Richard Price

Film and television

* ''Break'' (2008 film), an American action film * ''Break'' (2014 film), also known as ''Nature Law'' *

Break (2020 film) ''Break'' is a 2020 British independent film. Written and directed by Michael Elkin, it stars Sam Gittins, Jamie Foreman, Adam Deacon, Terri Dwyer, David Yip and Rutger Hauer in one of his final screen roles. Snooker player cameos include Liang W ...

, a British independent film * ''The Break'' (1995 film), an American tennis film * ''The Break'' (1963 film), a drama starring Tony Britton * ''The Break'' (2003 film), a TV film featuring

Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is a retired American singer, songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee", " For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Nig ...

* ''The Break'', alternative name for ''

A Further Gesture ''A Further Gesture'' is a 1997 film directed by Robert Dornhelm. It stars Stephen Rea and Alfred Molina and had its première at the 12th Dublin Film Festival on 4 March 1997. It is also known as ''The Break''.''The Break'' (TV series), a 2016 Belgian crime drama, also known as ''La Trêve'' * ''

The Break with Michelle Wolf ''The Break with Michelle Wolf'' is an American streaming television variety show starring Michelle Wolf that premiered on May 27, 2018 on Netflix. The series is executive produced by Wolf, Dan Powell, Christine Nangle, and Daniel Bodansky. Powell ...

'', a 2018 Netflix series * ''The Breaks'' (1999 film), an American comedy * ''The Breaks'' (2016 film), an American television hip-hop drama ** ''The Breaks'' (TV series), a 2017 American drama and a continuation of the 2016 film * "Break" (''Bottom''), a British television episode *

Break (Transformers) is a 1999 Japanese Transformers television animated series, a toy line, and a sequel to ''Beast Wars II''. It was produced by NAS, TV Tokyo, and Ashi Productions. Hozumi Gōda reprised his role as Lio Convoy from Beast Wars II whenever he ...

, a fictional character * ''The Break'', a short film shown at the 2016

Dublin International Film Festival The Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF; ) is an annual film festival held in Dublin, Ireland, since 2003. History Dublin International Film Festival was established in 2003. It was revived by Michael Dwyer, international film critic and ' ...

Music

* Break (music), a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music *

Breakbeat Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that tends to use drum breaks sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and UK ...

, a broad style of electronic or dance-oriented music

Albums

* ''Break'' (Enchant album), 1998 * ''Break'' (Mamoru Miyano album), 2009 * ''Break'' (One-Eyed Doll album), 2010 * ''Break'' (EP), 2006, by The Cinematics

Songs

* "Break", 1972, by Aphrodite's Child * "The Breaks" (song), 1980, by Kurtis Blow * "Break" (1984), by Play Dead * "Break" (1995), by

The Gyres The Gyres were a Scottish indie rock band formed in 1994 in Blantyre near Glasgow, just before the Britpop explosion. Career The Gyres played numerous gigs in the United Kingdom, Europe and Japan, supporting and touring with Cast, Oasis, Reef ...

* "Break" (1996), by Staind from the album '' Tormented'' * "Break" (1998), by Fugazi from the album ''

End Hits ''End Hits'' is the fifth studio album by American post-hardcore band Fugazi, released on April 28, 1998, by Dischord Records. It was recorded at Inner Ear Studios from March 1997 to September 1997 and produced by the band and Don Zientara, and ...

'' * "Break" (2002), by Jurassic 5 from the album '' Power in Numbers'' * "Break" (2006), by Republic of Loose from the album '' Aaagh!'' * "Break" (2006), by

The Cinematics The Cinematics were an alternative rock band founded in 2003 in Glasgow, Scotland, and disbanded in 2011. The band released two full-length albums, ''A Strange Education'' (2007) and '' Love and Terror'' (2009), as well as a five-track EP, " ...

* "Break" (2008), by Alanis Morissette from the album ''

Flavors of Entanglement ''Flavors of Entanglement'' is the seventh studio album, fifth international release and last Maverick Records release by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. The album, which was originally set for an April release, came out on May 30, ...

'' * "Break" (Three Days Grace song) (2009) * "Break" (2013), by Hostyle Gospel from the album '' Desperation'' * "Break" (2015), by Katherine McPhee from the album ''

Hysteria Hysteria is a term used colloquially to mean ungovernable emotional excess and can refer to a temporary state of mind or emotion. In the nineteenth century, hysteria was considered a diagnosable physical illness in women. It is assumed that ...

'' * "Break" (2015), by No Devotion from the album '' Permanence'' * "Break" (Kero Kero Bonito song), 2016

Other media

Break.com Break.com (formerly Big-boys.com) was an entertainment and humor website founded in 1998 that featured comedy videos, flash games, and pictures among other material. The website's target audience was men aged 18–35. After shutting down on No ...

, a humor website

Other uses

Big break (jargon) A breakthrough role, also known as a breakout role, is a term in the film industry to describe the performance of an actor or actress which contributed significantly to the development of their career and beginning of critical recognition. The si ...

, a circumstance which allows an actor or musician to "break into" the industry and achieve fame *

Bone fracture A bone fracture (abbreviated FRX or Fx, Fx, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of any bone in the body. In more severe cases, the bone may be broken into several fragments, known as a '' ...

, a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone *

Commercial break A television advertisement (also called a television commercial, TV commercial, commercial, spot, television spot, TV spot, advert, television advert, TV advert, television ad, TV ad or simply an ad) is a span of television programming produce ...

, in television and radio *

Prison escape A prison escape (referred as a bust out, breakout, jailbreak, or prison break) is the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways. Normally, when this occurs, an effort is made on the part of authorities to recapture the ...

, the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways *

Section break In books and documents, a section is a subdivision, especially of a chapter. Sections are visually separated from each other with a section break, typically consisting of extra space between the sections, and sometimes also by a section headin ...

, in type setting * Break, an air combat maneuver; see Basic fighter maneuvers *

Breaks, Virginia Breaks is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) mostly in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States. A small portion of the CDP is in Dickenson County. Breaks is located very close to the Kentucky border and is east o ...

Psychotic break Psychosis is a condition of the mind that results in difficulties determining what is real and what is not real. Symptoms may include delusions and hallucinations, among other features. Additional symptoms are incoherent speech and behavior t ...