Breakfast in English

English: breakfast

I. Meaning

n. breakfast

v. to eat breakfast; to have breakfast

II. Usage

breakfast means "breakfast, breakfast," referring to the meal of the day. It is an uncountable noun. When it refers to breakfast in general, no article is added in front of it; when it refers to a particular breakfast, the definite article or other qualifiers can be added; the indefinite article is generally added in front of a definite modifier and a non-specific period of time.

Breakfast can also mean "what you eat for breakfast", which is a countable noun.

Breakfast is used as an intransitive verb meaning "to eat breakfast" and as a transitive verb meaning "to serve breakfast to", with the object of the serving as the object.

Breakfast uses the preposition on to introduce what is eaten for breakfast.

We were having breakfast.

Expanded:

Antonyms: supper, dinner.

I. supper

1. Meaning: n. dinner; supper; dinner party.

2. examples

He had some rice for supper.

He ate some rice for supper.

2. dinner

1. Meaning: n. dinner; dinner party; main meal.

2, examples

It is now his turn to set me up to a nice dinner.

It is now his turn to treat me to a nice dinner.