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hiatus

[ hahy-ey-tuhs ]

noun

, plural hi·a·tus·es, hi·a·tus.
  1. a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
  2. a missing part; gap or lacuna:

    Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript.

  3. any gap or opening.

    Synonyms: space, interval, break

  4. Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily.
  5. Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.


hiatus

/ haɪˈeɪtəs /

noun

  1. (esp in manuscripts) a break or gap where something is missing
  2. a break or interruption in continuity
  3. a break between adjacent vowels in the pronunciation of a word
  4. anatomy a natural opening or aperture; foramen
  5. anatomy a less common word for vulva
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • hiˈatal, adjective
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Other Words From

  • hi·atal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hiatus1

First recorded in 1555–65; from Latin hiātus “opening, gap,” equivalent to hiā(re) “to gape, open” + -tus, noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hiatus1

C16: from Latin: gap, cleft, aperture, from hiāre to gape, yawn
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Example Sentences

To offset that loss of income, Calvario got a full-time job at Burger King — but had to take a temporary hiatus when he contracted covid-19 and was briefly hospitalized.

San Antonio ranked 15th in pace before the hiatus, compiling a 27-36 record during that time.

The studios had gone on hiatus because coronavirus cases in Los Angeles had risen to the point that stay-at-home orders were reinstituted.

From Digiday

Networks and streamers picked up programming that had already aired elsewhere and took advantage of projects that had made it into post-production before the hiatus.

From Digiday

This is the last Broadsheet before our annual holiday hiatus, so we’re taking an opportunity to look back too.

From Fortune

Padre Goyo got back to Mexico in May from a three-month hiatus that he called a self-imposed exile in Europe.

In the summer of 2013, Jon Stewart took a hiatus from The Daily Show and traveled to Jordan for a month to film a movie.

They forged ahead and toured in support of the new record for a year—then went on hiatus.

The show returned from hiatus this week, and the host got right to work talking about Ferguson.

Comedy icon and Daily Show host Jon Stewart shocked fans when he took a three-month hiatus from the show in the summer of 2013.

We purpose remedying the defect, supplying the necessary criticism, and filling up the hiatus.

After a two horse-power pull, a regular thirteenth labor of Hercules, a hiatus of two inches manifests itself.

Hiatus, which is the maintenance of e under the same conditions, is certain in ll.

What has been said about syncope applies also to the relative spheres of elision and hiatus.

But it may be observed of y as of w, that it follows a vowel without any hiatus, as rosy youth.

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