English Dictionary
Definition breath in British English
breath
noun
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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[countable/uncountable]
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
Don’t confuse breath (a noun) and breathe (a verb).
Breath is pronounced /breθ/ and means ‘the air that goes in and out of your body through your nose or mouth’:
I could smell whisky on his breath.
Breathe is pronounced /briːð/ and means ‘to take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth and let it out again’:
✗ Without plants, we could scarcely breath.
✓ Without plants, we could scarcely breathe.
✗ These children have to breath contaminated air.
✓ These children have to breathe contaminated air.
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