Meanings
nounbreaking news (uncountable)
- uncountableNews that has either just happened or is currently happening.
Breaking news may contain incomplete information, factual errors, or poor editing because of a rush to publication.
1 more example
There is also breaking news that the delayed Crossrail project in London cannot be completed without a further £80 million injection of funds.
2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic أَخْبَار هَامَّة, خَبَر عَاجِل
- أَخْبَار هَامَّة (ʔaḵbār hāmma)news that just happened or is happening
- خَبَر عَاجِل (ḵabar ʕājil)news that just happened or is happening
Catalan notícies d'última hora
- notícies d'última horanews that just happened or is happening
Chinese Mandarin 突發新聞 /突发新闻, 插播新聞 /插播新闻
- 突發新聞 /突发新闻 (tūfā xīnwén)news that just happened or is happening
- 插播新聞 /插播新闻 (chābō xīnwén)news that just happened or is happening
- 即時新聞 /即时新闻 (jíshí xīnwén)news that just happened or is happening
- 重磅新聞 /重磅新闻 (zhòngbàng xīnwén)news that just happened or is happening
- 快訊 /快讯 (kuàixùn)news that just happened or is happening
- 速報 /速报 (sùbào)news that just happened or is happening
Finnish tuoreimmat uutiset, viimeisimmät uutiset
- tuoreimmat uutisetnews that just happened or is happening
- viimeisimmät uutisetnews that just happened or is happening
- viime hetken uutisetnews that just happened or is happening
French nouvelle de dernière minute, nouvelle de dernière heure
- nouvelle de dernière minutenews that just happened or is happening
- nouvelle de dernière heurenews that just happened or is happening
- édition spécialenews that just happened or is happening
German soeben hereingekommene Nachricht, gerade eingetroffene Neuigkeit
- soeben hereingekommene Nachrichtnews that just happened or is happening
- gerade eingetroffene Neuigkeitnews that just happened or is happening
- letzte Neuigkeitnews that just happened or is happening
- Sondermeldungnews that just happened or is happening
- Eilmeldungnews that just happened or is happening
Hindi ताज़ा ख़बर
- ताज़ा ख़बर (tāzā xabar)news that just happened or is happening
Hungarian friss/legfrissebb hír (ek), most érkezett hír (ek)
- friss/legfrissebb hír (ek)news that just happened or is happening
- most érkezett hír (ek)news that just happened or is happening
- rendkívüli hír(ek)/híradásnews that just happened or is happening
Italian ultim'ora, ultime notizie
- ultim'oranews that just happened or is happening
- ultime notizienews that just happened or is happening
- notizie dell'ultima oranews that just happened or is happening
Japanese 速報
- 速報 (sokuhō)news that just happened or is happening
Korean 속보
- 속보 (sokbo)news that just happened or is happening
Malay berita gempar
- berita gemparnews that just happened or is happening
Persian خبرفوری
- خبرفوری (xabar-e-fowri)news that just happened or is happening
Polish łamiąca wiadomość, wiadomość z ostatniej chwili
- łamiąca wiadomośćnews that just happened or is happening
- wiadomość z ostatniej chwilinews that just happened or is happening
Portuguese notícias de última hora, últimas notícias
- notícias de última horanews that just happened or is happening
- últimas notíciasnews that just happened or is happening
Russian э́кстренное сообще́ние, сро́чная но́вость
- э́кстренное сообще́ние (ékstrennoje soobščénije)news that just happened or is happening
- сро́чная но́вость (sróčnaja nóvostʹ)news that just happened or is happening
- после́дние но́вости (poslédnije nóvosti)news that just happened or is happening
Spanish noticia de última hora, noticia de último momento
- noticia de última horanews that just happened or is happening
- noticia de último momentonews that just happened or is happening
- noticia urgentenews that just happened or is happening
- noticiónnews that just happened or is happening
- noticia bombanews that just happened or is happening
Swahili habari ya hivi punde
- habari ya hivi pundenews that just happened or is happening
Swedish senaste nytt, senaste nyheterna
- senaste nytt, senaste nyheternanews that just happened or is happening
Turkish son dakika
- son dakikanews that just happened or is happening
Ukrainian терміно́ві новини́
- терміно́ві новини́ (terminóvi novyný)news that just happened or is happening
Urdu فَوری خَبَر, تازَہ خَبَر
- فَوری خَبَر (faurī xabar)news that just happened or is happening
- تازَہ خَبَر (tāza xabar)news that just happened or is happening
Vietnamese tin nóng, tin tức nóng
- tin nóngnews that just happened or is happening
- tin tức nóngnews that just happened or is happening
Cite this entry
APA
breaking news. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breaking%20news
MLA
“breaking news.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breaking%20news. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breaking news,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breaking%20news.
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