Break may refer to:
Recess (break), time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties
Break (work), time off during a shift/recess
Coffee break, a daily social gathering for a snack and short downtime practiced by employees in business and industry
Big break (jargon), a circumstance which allows an actor or musician to "break into" the industry and achieve fame
Annual leave (holiday/vacation), paid time off work granted by employers to employees to be used for whatever the employee wishes
Holiday break, a U.S. term for various school holidays
Spring break, a recess in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere
Section break, in type setting
Commercial break, in television and radio
Sports
Break (snooker), the first shot meant to break the balls in snooker and billiards
Breaking ball, a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter
Surf break, place where a wave collapses into surf
Horse breaking, the process of training a horse to be ridden
Break, to win a tennis game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve; see Glossary of tennis terms
Technology
Brake (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the 19th and early 20th centuries
Break (locksmithing), a separation between pins of a lock
Break condition, in asynchronous serial communication
Break key, a special key on computer keyboards
break statement, a keyword in computer programming for flow control
Line break (computing), a special character signifying the end of a line of text
To break an encryption cipher is to successfully perform cryptanalysis
Breakover angle, a maximum possible supplementary angle of terrain
Paradelta Break, an Italian paraglider design
Books
The Break (novel), a 1957 novel by José Giovanni
The Breaks (novel), novel by Richard Price
Film and TV
Break (film), a 2008 American film
The Break (film), a 1995 American film
The Break (TV series), Belgian television series, also known as La Trêve
The Break (2003 film), a TV film featuring Kris Kristofferson
The Break (disambiguation), alternate name for A Further Gesture, a 1997 film
The Breaks (2016 film), an 2016 American television hip-hop drama film
The Breaks (1999 film), an American 1999 comedy film
The Breaks (TV series), an American drama television series
"Break" (Bottom), an episode of the British television sitcom Bottom
Break (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers series
Break.com, a popular humor website
Break (2014 film), a 2014 film also known as Nature Law
Music
Break (music), a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music
Albums
Break (Enchant album), 1998
Break (Mamoru Miyano album), 2009
Break (One-Eyed Doll album), 2010
Break (EP), a 2006 EP by The Cinematics
Songs
"Break" (Three Days Grace song), a 2009 song by Three Days Grace from the album Life Starts Now
"Break", a song by Alanis Morissette on the album Flavors of Entanglement
"Break", a song by Staind from Tormented (Staind album)
"Break", a 2013 song by Hostyle Gospel from the album Desperation
"Break", a 1972 song by Aphrodite's Child
"Break", a 2006 song by The Cinematics
"Break", a 1995 song by The Gyres
"Break", a 1984 song by Kleeer
"Break", a 2015 song by No Devotion from Permanence
"Break", a 1984 song by Play Dead
"Break" (Katharine McPhee song), a song by Katherine McPhee
The Breaks (Kurtis Blow song), 1980
Other
Bone fracture, a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone
Prison escape, the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways
Break, a basic air combat maneuver; see Basic fighter maneuvers
Breakbeat, a broad style of electronic or dance-oriented music
Bone fracture, damage in the continuity of a bone
Brakes
Breaks, Virginia
