unbreak

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verb

To do the inverse or opposite of breaking: to mend, restore, heal, or fix; to make no longer broken.

OriginEnglish break ← Middle English breken ← Old English brecan →
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Meanings

verbunbreak (third-person singular simple present unbreaks, present participle unbreaking, simple past unbroke, past participle unbroken)

present singular third person unbreaks · participle present unbreaking · past unbroke · participle past unbroken · alternative un-break

  1. transitiveTo do the inverse or opposite of breaking: to mend, restore, heal, or fix; to make no longer broken.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrégeti
  11. Proto-Germanic*brekaną
  12. Proto-West Germanic*brekan
  13. Old Englishbrecan
  14. Middle Englishbreken
  15. Englishbreak
  16. Englishunbreak

From un- + break, popularised in songs sung by The Alarm ("Unbreak the Promise") and Toni Braxton ("Un-Break My Heart").

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

UrbanekBurkeanunbrake
Cite this entry
APA

unbreak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbreak

MLA

“unbreak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbreak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbreak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbreak.

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