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un·bro·ken

(ŭn-brō′kən)

adj.

1. Not tampered with; intact: an unbroken dozen.

2. Not violated or breached: unbroken promises.

3. Uninterrupted; continuous: unbroken silence.

4. Not tamed or broken to harness: unbroken horses.

5. Not disordered or disturbed: unbroken family ties.

un·bro′ken·ly adv.

un·bro′ken·ness n.

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unbroken

(ʌnˈbrəʊkən)

adj

1. complete or whole

2. continuous or incessant

3. undaunted in spirit

4. (Zoology) (of animals, esp horses) not tamed; wild

5. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (of animals, esp horses) not tamed; wild

6. not disturbed or upset: the unbroken silence of the afternoon.

7. (General Sporting Terms) (of a record, esp at sport) not improved upon

8. (Law) (of a contract, law, etc) not broken or infringed

unˈbrokenly adv

unˈbrokenness n

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un•bro•ken

(ʌnˈbroʊ kən)

adj.

1. not broken; whole; intact.

2. uninterrupted; undisturbed: unbroken sleep.

3. not tamed, as a horse.

[1250–1300]

un•bro′ken•ly, adv.

un•bro′ken•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	unbroken - marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence; "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon" continuous, uninterrupted - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks" broken - not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs"
	2.	unbroken - not subdued or trained for service or use; "unbroken colts" untamed, wild - in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"
	3.	unbroken - (of farmland) not plowed; "unplowed fields"; "unbroken land" unploughed, unplowed
	4.	unbroken - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded; "unbroken promises"; "promises kept" kept contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law unkept, broken - (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts"
	5.	unbroken - not broken; whole and intact; in one piece; "fortunately the other lens is unbroken" undamaged - not harmed or spoiled; sound uninjured - not injured physically or mentally perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" sound - financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy" broken - physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"

unbroken

adjective

1. intact, whole, undamaged, complete, total, entire, solid, untouched, unscathed, unspoiled, unimpaired Against all odds her glasses remained unbroken after the explosion.
intact broken, damaged, cracked, shattered, fragmented, in pieces

2. continuous, uninterrupted, constant, successive, endless, progressive, incessant, ceaseless, unremitting The ruling party has governed the country for an unbroken thirty years.
continuous occasional, interrupted, irregular, erratic, uneven, intermittent, off-and-on, fitful

3. undisturbed, uninterrupted, sound, fast, deep, profound, untroubled, unruffled We maintained an almost unbroken silence.

4. untamed, wild, undomesticated The car plunged like an unbroken horse.

5. unbeaten, undefeated, unsurpassed, supreme, unrivalled, second to none, unmatched, matchless Her Olympic record stands unbroken.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

unbroken

adjective

In excellent condition:

entire, flawless, good, intact, perfect, sound, unblemished, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, whole.

Translations

imbattuto intatto

unbroken

[ˌʌnˈbrəʊkən] ADJ

1. (= intact) → entero, intacto

2. (= continuous) → ininterrumpido, continuo

3. (= unbeaten) → no batido; [spirit] → indómito
his spirit remained unbroken → no se hundió

4. [animal] → indomado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unbroken

[ˌʌnˈbrəʊkən] adj

(= intact) [skin, seal] → intact(e)

(= uninterrupted) [line, series, run, reign] → ininterrompu(e); [sleep, peace] → ininterrompu(e)
We've had ten days of almost unbroken sunshine → Nous avons eu dix jours de soleil presque ininterrompus.

(= unsurpassed) [record] → inégalé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unbroken

adj

(= intact) → unbeschädigt; seal → nicht erbrochen; heart, promise → nicht gebrochen

(= continuous) → ununterbrochen; (Mil) ranks → geschlossen, nicht durchbrochen; line of descent → direkt; an unbroken night’s sleep → eine ungestörte Nacht; a whole morning of unbroken sunshine → ein ganzer Vormittag mit strahlendem Sonnenschein; she was in government for eleven unbroken years → sie regierte elf Jahre ohne Unterbrechung

(= unbeaten) record → ungebrochen, unüberboten

horse → nicht zugeritten

pride → ungebeugt; his spirit remained unbroken → er war ungebrochen

voice → nicht gebrochen; boys with unbroken voices → Jungen vor dem Stimmbruch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unbroken

[ʌnˈbrəʊk/ən] adj

a. (intact) → intatto/a, intero/a
his spirit remained unbroken → ha conservato un animo indomito

b. (continuous, sleep, silence) → ininterrotto/a; (line of descent) → diretto/a

c. (record) → insuperato/a

d. (horse) → non domato/a

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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore!" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" -- Merely this, and nothing more.

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It fell among some Reeds, which it thus addressed: "I wonder how you, who are so light and weak, are not entirely crushed by these strong winds." They replied, "You fight and contend with the wind, and consequently you are destroyed; while we on the contrary bend before the least breath of air, and therefore remain unbroken, and escape."

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"But, madam, it is needless; from the wharf to the hotel, as you observe, extends an unbroken line of prostrate newspaper men who crave the honour of having you walk upon them."

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Smooth, spotless, unbroken, the shallow snow lay everywhere.

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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"-- Merely this and nothing more.

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The far-off land may have bays, forelands, angles in and out to any number and extent; yet at a distance you see none of these (unless indeed your sun shines bright upon them revealing the projections and retirements by means of light and shade), nothing but a grey unbroken line upon the water.

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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!

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A field-piece was then discharged from the top of a neighboring hill, and gave birth to one long reverberation, which ran round the circle of mountains in an unbroken chain of sound and rolled away without a separate echo.

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But his brilliantly white, strong teeth which showed in two unbroken semicircles when he laughed- as he often did- were all sound and good, there was not a gray hair in his beard or on his head, and his whole body gave an impression of suppleness and especially of firmness and endurance.

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The prow of the boat is partially unbroken, and is drawn just balancing upon the monster's spine; and standing in that prow, for that one single incomputable flash of time, you behold an oarsman, half shrouded by the incensed boiling spout of the whale, and in the act of leaping, as if from a precipice.

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Phileas Fogg was looking for a servant, and that his life was one of unbroken regularity, that he neither travelled nor stayed from home overnight, he felt sure that this would be the place he was after.

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At any rate, as the dusk came on a slow, intermittent movement upon the sand pits began, a move- ment that seemed to gather force as the stillness of the eve- ning about the cylinder remained unbroken. Vertical black figures in twos and threes would advance, stop, watch, and advance again, spreading out as they did so in a thin irregular crescent that promised to enclose the pit in its attenuated horns.