Break

Break or The Break may refer to:

Time off from duties

Recess (break), time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties
Break (work), time off during a shift/recess
- Coffee break, a daily social gathering for a snack and short downtime practiced by employees in business and industry
Annual leave (holiday/vacation), paid time off work granted by employers to employees to be used for whatever the employee wishes
Holiday break, a U.S. term for various school holidays
Spring break, a recess in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere

Break (snooker), the first shot meant to break the balls in snooker and billiards
Breaking ball, a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter
Surf break, place where a wave collapses into surf
Horse breaking, the process of training a horse to be ridden
Break (tennis), to win a tennis game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve; see Glossary of tennis terms

Break condition, in asynchronous serial communication
Break key, a special key on computer keyboards
break statement, a keyword in computer programming used for flow control
Line break (computing), a special character signifying the end of a line of text
To break (or "crack") an encryption cipher, in cryptanalysis

Brake (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the 19th and early 20th centuries
Break (locksmithing), a separation between pins of a lock
Breakover angle, a maximum possible supplementary angle of terrain
Paradelta Break, an Italian paraglider design

Break (film), a 2008 American film
Break (2014 film), a 2014 film also known as Nature Law
The Break (film), a 1995 American film
The Break (2003 film), a TV film featuring Kris Kristofferson
The Break, alternate name for A Further Gesture, a 1997 film
The Break (TV series), a 2016 Belgian television series, also known as La Trêve
The Break with Michelle Wolf, a 2018 Netflix series
The Breaks (1999 film), an American 1999 comedy film
The Breaks (2016 film), a 2016 American television hip-hop drama film
The Breaks (TV series), an 2017 American drama television series and a continuation of the 2016 film of the same name
"Break" (Bottom), an episode of the British television sitcom Bottom
Break (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers series
The Break, a short film shown at the 2016 Dublin International Film Festival

Break (music), a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music
Breakbeat, a broad style of electronic or dance-oriented music
The Break, a group related to the American power pop trio Material Issue

Big break (jargon), a circumstance which allows an actor or musician to "break into" the industry and achieve fame
Bone fracture, a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone
Commercial break, in television and radio
Prison escape, the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways
Section break, in type setting
Break, an air combat maneuver; see Basic fighter maneuvers
Breaks, Virginia