megszeg
B1
Hungarian
break, violate, offend, breach, dishonour, broken, infringe
VERB
B1
1
break
B1
Usage pattern:
megszeg vmit: szabályt, törvényt, ígéretet, megállapodást
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Meaning
Fail to follow rule/agreement
Themes
rules
|law
|promise
|violation
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To not follow a law, rule, promise, or agreement.
VERB
B1
1
Usage pattern:
megszeg egy törvényt, szabályt vagy megállapodást
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Meaning
break a law or rule
Themes
law
|rules
|violation
|obligation
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To do something that breaks a law, rule, or accepted standard of behavior, especially in a legal or formal context.
VERB
B2
FORMAL
1
breach
B2
Usage pattern:
megszeg vmit
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Meaning
To violate a law or contract
Themes
law
|contracts
|rules
|compliance
|cybersecurity
|business
Definition
To break or fail to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.
VERB
B2
FORMAL
1
dishonour
C2
Usage pattern:
megszeg egy ígéretet/megállapodást/szerződést
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Meaning
to break a promise or agreement
Themes
promise
|agreement
|obligation
|commitment
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To fail to do what you have promised or agreed to do, thereby treating the promise, agreement, or obligation without respect.
VERB
B1
2
broken
A2
Usage pattern:
szabályt/ígéretet/szerződést megszeg
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Meaning
past participle of break
Themes
grammar
|verb_form
|damage
|rules
|records
|core_vocabulary
|communication
|education
Definition
The past participle of break, used with have to form perfect tenses and with be to form passive verb forms.
VERB
B2
FORMAL
2
infringe
C1
Usage pattern:
megszeg valamit
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Meaning
Break a law, rule, or regulation
Themes
law
|rules
|regulation
|contract
|copyright
|official_violation
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To act in a way that violates a law, rule, contract, or official condition.
Grammar
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