verb
Other Word Forms
- intermitter noun
- intermittingly adverb
- intermittor noun
- unintermitted adjective
- unintermitting adjective
Etymology
Origin of intermit
1535–45; < Latin intermittere to leave a space between, drop (for a while), leave off, equivalent to inter- inter- + mittere to send, let go
Example Sentences
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Mrs Ndisang said "no reason was given" as to why intermission was refused "but it was very clear intermitting was not an option".
From BBC
But county officials also warned that there may still be lingering, intermitting connection issues.
From Washington Times
And François Lutzoni, an evolutionary biologist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, sees similar fast evolution in lichens, another intermit partnership.
From Science Magazine
Every term more students “intermit” – the Cambridge term for taking some time out.
From The Guardian
He was not ill above four or five days; an old hurt in his leg, which has been some time healed up, broke out again, and put him into an intermitting fever.
From Project Gutenberg
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