interruption
Americannoun
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an act or instance of interrupting.
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the state of being interrupted. interrupted.
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something that interrupts.
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cessation; intermission.
noun
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something that interrupts, such as a comment, question, or action
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an interval or intermission
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the act of interrupting or the state of being interrupted
Other Word Forms
- reinterruption noun
Etymology
Origin of interruption
1350–1400; Middle English interrupcio ( u ) n < Latin interruptiōn- (stem of interruptiō ). See interrupt, -ion
Example Sentences
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Otsuki's management attributed the interruption of her performance on Friday to "unavoidable circumstances".
From BBC
At a meeting of the International Football Association Board's Football and Technical Advisory Panels in October, various measures to improve the flow of play and minimise interruptions were discussed.
From BBC
U.S. futures were up while global markets were mixed amid a fallout from trade interruption caused by an outage on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
From there, the hosts - who had won four of the past five encounters with South Africa before Saturday - found only frustration in a first half littered with controversial moments and TMO interruptions.
From BBC
It’s less jarring than parentheses but a bigger interruption than commas.
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