Dictionary

interruption en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English interrupcioun, from Old French interrupcion, from Latin interruptio.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
   • The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"[…]and so on. 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
   • One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) the act of breaking into someone else’s speech.
3. (countable, uncountable) A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.

Forms

Deriveds

flight interruption manifest · power interruption · interruptionless · interruption science · self-interruption · manterruption · uninterruption · volatility interruption

Relateds

dead air

Synonyms

hiatus (time interval) · recess · moratorium

Translations (52)

hu megszakadás (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · hu szünet (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · hu kihagyás (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · ru прерыва́ние (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · te అంతరాయం (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · hu megszakítás (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · ro întrerupere (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · vo rop (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · es interrupción (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · pt interrupção (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · ro întrerupere (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · eo interrompo (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · sv avbrott (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · ja 中断 (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · gd casg (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · de Unterbrechung (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · ja 中断 (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · fi keskeytys (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · nl onderbreking (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · hy ընդհատում (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · ar مُقَاطَعَة (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · nl onderbreking (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · cmn 中斷 /中断 (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · tr sekte (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · hu közbeszólás (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · hu közbevágás (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · bg прекъсване (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · gd eadar-chur (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · ru переры́в (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · mi pōrearea (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · hu kimaradás (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · es interrupción (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · el διακοπή (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · pl przerwa (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · hu megszakítás (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · pt interrupção (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · it interruzione (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · hu félbeszakítás (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · ja 邪魔 (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · de Unterbrechung (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · fr interruption (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · ota آرالق (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · es paréntesis (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · bg спиране (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · hu szünetelés (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · te అంతరాయం (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · bg прекъсване (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · ru поме́ха (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · it interruzione (a time interval during which there is a cessation of something) · gl interrupción (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · fr interruption (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted) · grc διακοπή (the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted)