BROKE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of broke in English brokeverb uk /brəʊk/ us /broʊk/ Add to word list Add to word list past simple of break Tearing and breaking into pieces

• apart
• asunder
• bobble
• bobbly
• break into pieces
• chip
• crack
• dismantle
• fall to pieces idiom
• fragment
• fragmentation
• fragmented
• rip
• shred
• snag
• snap
• splinter
• split
• sunder
• tear something apart phrasal verb

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Causing something to end Obeying & breaking the law Separating and dividing Cancelling and interrupting Destroying and demolishing Becoming and making less strong Revealing secrets & becoming known Waves Deteriorating and making worse Describing bad weather Changing Canines (dogs) Football/soccer brokeadjective [ after verb ]   informal uk /brəʊk/ us /broʊk/ without money: flat broke I can't afford to go on holiday this year - I'm flat broke.go broke Many small businesses went broke during the recession. See also stone broke stony broke not having much or enough money

• poorHer family was poor and didn't own a computer.
• pennilessAt the time, I was a penniless student.
• impoverishedBenefits should be targeted at the most impoverished families.
• disadvantagedThe scheme was set up to help disadvantaged children.
• deprivedDeprived areas will be hardest hit by the cuts.

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Idiom

go for broke (Definition of broke from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

broke | American Dictionary

brokeus /broʊk/

broke (BREAK)

Add to word list Add to word list past simple of break brokeadjective   infml us /broʊk/

broke adjective (POOR)

without money: I can’t go to the movies – I’m flat broke. Is Social Security going broke (= changing to a condition in which it has no money)? (Definition of broke from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

broke | Business English

brokeadj [ after verb ]   informal uk /brəʊk/ us Add to word list Add to word list FINANCE, ACCOUNTING without money: go broke Some of the merchants say they are unable to cut their expenses and are on the verge of going broke.  flat broke FINANCE, ACCOUNTING used to emphasize that someone or something has no money at all: A spokesman said that the credit crunch had left the company "flat broke".  go for broke to risk everything in the hope of having great success (Definition of broke from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of broke?

Translations of broke

in Chinese (Traditional) （break 的過去式）, 一文不名的，沒錢的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （break 的过去式）, 一文不名的，没钱的… See more in Spanish pasado simple de "break", arruinado/da [masculine-feminine], pelado/da [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese passado de "break", quebrado/-da [masculine-feminine], sem dinheiro [masculine-feminine]… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian “break” の過去形, 一文無（いちもんな）しの… See more kırmak' fiilinin 2. hali, meteliksiz, yolsuz… See more fauché/-ée, sans le sou, fauché… See more passat de “break”… See more platzak… See more na mizině, švorc… See more flad, på spanden… See more tak punya uang… See more หมดตัว… See more khánh kiệt… See more -, bez grosza… See more pank, barskrapad… See more pokai… See more pleite… See more blakk, pengelens, fallitt… See more “break”의 과거형… See more розорений… See more passato semplice di “break”, senza un soldo, al verde… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of broke

• break
• go broke
• break free
• break loose
• flat broke
• stone broke
• stony broke

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• break away phrasal verb
• break down phrasal verb
• break down something phrasal verb
• break into something phrasal verb
• break in phrasal verb
• break in someone/something phrasal verb
• break off something phrasal verb

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• flat broke phrase
• go for broke idiom
• if it ain't broke, don't fix it idiom

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    • flat broke
    • go for broke

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