nonstop

[ adjective, adverb non-stop; noun non-stop ]

/ adjective, adverb ˈnɒnˈstɒp; noun ˈnɒnˌstɒp /

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adjective

being without a single stop en route: a nonstop bus; a nonstop flight from New York to Paris.

happening, done, or held without a stop or pause or without offering relief or respite: The ambassador faced a nonstop schedule of meetings and interviews during her visit.

adverb

without a single stop en route.

Informal. without a pause or interruption or without respite; continually: My back ached nonstop for three days.

noun

a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.

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Origin of nonstop

First recorded in 1900–05; non- + stop

How to use nonstop in a sentence

There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
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But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
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That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
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Thankfully there were no casualties—the driver managed to stop the train immediately.
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The men were accused of reneging on pledges to stop working for the Iraqi government.
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The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
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"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.
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At twelve, or fifteen, or sixteen, or twenty it was decided that they should stop learning.
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He also states that the Audiencia is virtually non-existent, and so there is no high court in which justice may be sought.
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He had seen the act committed, he felt sure but had made no effort whatever to stop the thief.
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British Dictionary definitions for nonstop

nonstop

/ (ˈnɒnˈstɒp) /

adjective, adverb

done without pause or interruptiona nonstop flight

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