bell notificationshomepageloginedit profileclubsdmBox

Search word meanings:

Word Meanings - INTERRUPTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to

Additional info about word: INTERRUPTION

1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. Dryden. 3. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption. 4. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INTERRUPTION)

Related words: (words related to INTERRUPTION)

  • INTERVALLUM
    An interval. And a' shall laugh without intervallums. Shak. In one of these intervalla. Chillingworth.
  • STOPPAGE
    The act of stopping, or arresting progress, motion, or action; also, the state of being stopped; as, the stoppage of the circulation of the blood; the stoppage of commerce.
  • INTERRUPTION
    1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. 2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. Lest the interruption of time cause you to
  • INTERVAL
    Difference in pitch between any two tones. At intervals, coming or happening with intervals between; now and then. "And Miriam watch'd and dozed at intervals." Tennyson. -- Augmented interval , an interval increased by half a step or half a tone.
  • OBSTRUCTIONIST
    One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body. -- a.
  • INTERMISSION
    The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever. 4. Intervention; interposition. Heylin. Syn. --
  • PAUSER
    One who pauses. Shak.
  • PREVENTIONAL
    Tending to prevent.
  • RECURRENCE; RECURRENCY
    The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse. I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations. I. Taylor.
  • OBSTRUCTION
    1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed. 2. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance. A popular assembly free from obstruction. Swift. 3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their
  • SUSPENSION
    A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed. (more info) 1. The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended;
  • CESSATION
    A ceasing of discontinuance, as of action, whether termporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war. The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities. Motley. The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labor. Sir J. Hayward.
  • HINDERANCE
    See HINDRANCE
  • INTERPELLATION
    1. The act of interpelling or interrupting; interruption. "Continual interpellations." Bp. Hall. 2. The act of interposing or interceding; intercession. Accepted by his interpellation and intercession. Jer. Taylor. 3. An act of interpellating,
  • INTERVAL; INTERVALE
    A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream, usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7. The woody intervale just beyond
  • INTERLOCUTION
    An intermediate act or decree before final decision. Ayliffe. 3. Hence, intermediate argument or discussion. (more info) interlocutus, to speak between; inter between + loqui to speak: cf. 1. Interchange of speech; dialogue; conversation;
  • PREVENTION
    1. The act of going, or state of being, before. The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. Bacon. 2. Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. Hammond. Shak. 3. The act of preventing
  • DISCONTINUANCE
    1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel. A
  • OBSTRUCTIONISM
    The act or the policy of obstructing progress. Lond. Lit. World.
  • PAUSE
    A hold. See 4th Hold, 7. Syn. -- Stop; cessation; suspension. (more info) 1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. 2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. I stand in pause
  • INTERPAUSE
    An intermission.
  • UNINTERMISSION
    Want or failure of intermission. Bp. Parker.

Trending!

 

Back to top