unbroken
part of speech
adjective (unbroken)
meaning for a pupil
1) Unbroken means not broken or damaged: an unbroken egg. tree →
2) Unbroken means without a stop or gap, continuous: an unbroken line, unbroken sleep. tree →
3) An unbroken record has not been beaten. tree →
4) An unbroken horse has not been trained to carry a rider. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and maths, an unbroken line is drawn without lifting the pencil; in sports, a record stays unbroken. In stories, an unbroken promise was kept. Phrases: an unbroken line, unbroken record, unbroken silence, unbroken chain.
examples
- Only three eggs were unbroken after the box fell. tree →
- Draw an unbroken line from A to B. tree →
- Her record has stayed unbroken for many seasons. tree →
- We walked along an unbroken stretch of sand. tree →
- The baby had eight hours of unbroken sleep. tree →
- The cowboy tried to ride an unbroken horse. tree →
- Of 12 eggs, 4 broke, so 8 were unbroken. tree →
- His astonishment was great when he awoke to find the glass axe whole and unbroken at his side, and all the trees of the wood lying felled around him! tree →
note
«Un-» + «broken». In maths: unbroken = total − broken (12 − 4 = 8). Similar: whole, intact, continuous.
Trees and pragmatics
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