intermission
a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.
a period during which action temporarily ceases; an interval between periods of action or activity: They studied for hours without an intermission.
the act or fact of intermitting; state of being intermitted: to work without intermission.
Origin of intermission
1Words Nearby intermission
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How to use intermission in a sentence
Allow me a brief intermission here to complain about how frustrating that is.
The lie that lingers: 3 in 10 Americans falsely believe the election was riddled with fraud | Philip Bump | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostWithout a single driving action, live audience, or intermission, he doesn’t think of “I Hate It Here” as a play.
Studio’s new audio play has nothing to do with holidays | Patrick Folliard | December 11, 2020 | Washington BladeFive minutes after intermission, Aaronson scored his first international goal in his second appearance.
USMNT’s rout of El Salvador shows it has depth and goals on both sides of the Atlantic | Steven Goff | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostTWC’s concert is one hour with no intermission and features members of The Washington Chorus with soloists, guest “Side by Side” high school chorus from Duke Ellington School of the Arts, bells, and more.
Outreach efforts such as the pop-up truck are crucial to maintaining a place for the arts in our much-abused public consciousness through this extended intermission.
WNO pop-up opera truck delivers music to the public, but it’s not a perfect fit | Michael Andor Brodeur | October 28, 2020 | Washington Post
He promptly explained the situation, breaking early for intermission.
After a long intermission, they have once again become true detectives—storytellers in search of the truth.
‘True Detective’s’ Godless Universe: Is the HBO Show Anti-Christian? | Andrew Romano | March 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike, if there was an intermission at dirty movies, so you could go get your Goobers—or Raisinets, for that matter.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a debate, this was a sideshow, 90 minutes of stilted silliness, an intermission interrupting the real deal.
Joe Biden Beat Paul Ryan, But Veep Debate Was a Mediocre Snoozefest | Tunku Varadarajan | October 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAmerican Jews thought they had earned a kind of moral intermission that Portnoy seemed not to be respecting.
A long, portable cage had been put together on the stage during the intermission, and within it the ten pacing beasts.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithThe bromides were then ordered, and taken without intermission for periods which will subsequently be detailed.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes BennettThe burglar entered the room without noise, and the heavy breathing of the sleeper continued without intermission.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsIt might be expected to continue without intermission for two or three weeks, and would make a quick end of the sledding.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonBefore the exercises of the forenoon were concluded, she was summoned to see a visitor, and did not reappear before intermission.
Alone | Marion Harland
British Dictionary definitions for intermission
/ (ˌɪntəˈmɪʃən) /
an interval, as between parts of a film
a period between events or activities; pause
the act of intermitting or the state of being intermitted
Origin of intermission
1Derived forms of intermission
- intermissive, adjective
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