Dictionary

nonstop en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˌnɔnˈstɔp/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From non- + stop.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without stopping; without interruption or break.
   • Christmas in Strasbourg and the rest of Alsace is officially feted from the last Saturday in November through Dec. 31 in a month full of nonstop markets, concerts, torch-lighted forest walks, parades, live Nativity scenes, storytelling, theater and public aperitifs. 2004 November 27, Robert V. Camuto, “Old World Holiday: It’s All Marketing”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours.
   • Many earnest consumers on the Right feel so legitimately embattled by the nonstop streaming feed of hate speech and psyoppery directed at them that they think they have no choice but to reconfigure their artistic sensibilities accordingly. 2024 June 18, Spencer Klavan, “A Matter of Taste”, in The American Mind:
2. (not-comparable) Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.

Forms

Coordinates

missense · nonsense

Deriveds

non-stop decay

Descendants

non-stop

Translations (29)

fr sans arrêt (without stopping) · cmn 直達的 /直达的 (without stopping) · cmn 馬不停蹄的 /马不停蹄的 (without stopping) · ro nonstop (without stopping) · hu folyamatos (without stopping) · hu folytonos (without stopping) · pl non stop (without stopping) · bg без прека́чване (without stopping) · pl nieprzerwany (without stopping) · de ununterbrochen (without stopping) · vi thẳng (without stopping) · cmn 直达的 (without stopping) · mi hūrokuroku (without stopping) · ja ノンストップ (without stopping) · de durchgehend (without stopping) · hu nonstop (without stopping) · fr sans escale (without stopping) · pl bezpośredni (without stopping) · ja 直行 (without stopping) · ru беспоса́дочный (without stopping) · fa بدون توقف (without stopping) · fa یکسره (without stopping) · fi välilaskuton (without stopping) · ru безостано́вочный (without stopping) · fi tauoton (without stopping) · nl non-stop (without stopping) · pt sem parar (without stopping) · cmn 不停的 (without stopping) · es sin parar (without stopping)

nonstop en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˌnɔnˈstɔp/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From non- + stop.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without stopping; without interruption or break
   • He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.

Forms

Synonyms

continently · endlessly · everlastingly · relentlessly · unstoppingly · unintermittedly · incessantly · incessantly · nonstop · constantly · unendingly · eternally · unrelievedly · continually · unceasingly · never-endingly · unbrokenly · unrelentingly · ceaselessly · persistently · uninterruptedly · continuously · unremittingly · ever · perpetually · successively · endlessly · ceaselessly · consecutively · extendedly · ongoingly · infinitely · steadily

Translations (41)

fr sans arrêt (without stopping) · fi yhtä soittoa (without stopping) · pl ciurkiem (without stopping) · bg но́нсто́п (without stopping) · ro nonstop (without stopping) · eo senhalte (without stopping) · ru непрерывно (without stopping) · th อย่างไม่หยุดไม่หย่อน (without stopping) · ru беспрерывно (without stopping) · fi tauotta (without stopping) · pl non stop (without stopping) · pl nieustannie (without stopping) · hy անընդհատ (without stopping) · hu folytonosan (without stopping) · bg непрекъ́снато (without stopping) · tr durmadan (without stopping) · tr ara vermeden (without stopping) · pl nieprzerwanie (without stopping) · mi hūrokuroku (without stopping) · ta தொடர்ந்து (without stopping) · pl bez ustanku (without stopping) · hy անընդմեջ (without stopping) · hu nonstop (without stopping) · pl bez przerwy (without stopping) · tr kesintisiz (without stopping) · pl cały czas (without stopping) · hu folyamatosan (without stopping) · ta நிற்காமல் (without stopping) · gl a eito (without stopping) · de pausenlos (without stopping) · fa بدون توقف (without stopping) · fa یکسره (without stopping) · tr durmaksızın (without stopping) · pl ciągle (without stopping) · hy անդադար (without stopping) · fi yhteen menoon (without stopping) · gl arreo (without stopping) · fi putkeen (without stopping) · pl bez przestanku (without stopping) · izh yhtäperrää (without stopping) · de nonstop (without stopping)

nonstop en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/ (General-American, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˌnɔnˈstɔp/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From non- + stop.

Meanings

1. A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.
   • With business-class seats on nonstops from British Airways and Cathay Pacific often priced up to $8,000 round trip, Mr. Exton typically flew cheaper alternatives that saved money but required layovers and plane switches. 2007 October 14, David Kaufman, “Discounters Are In for the Long Hauls”, in The New York Times:
2. A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.
   • There's usually something open on most holidays apart from the evening of 24 December when even the nonstops stop. 2003, Time Out Budapest, page 233:
   • [In Hungary:] Most department stores and gift shops are open weekdays 10–5 or 6, Saturday until 1. Grocery stores are generally open weekdays from 7 or 8 am to 7 pm; “nonstops,” or éjjeli-nappali,^([sic]) are open 24 hours. 1994, Christopher Billy, editor, Eastern Europe: Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria (Fodor's Travel Guides), New York, NY: Fodor's Travel Publications, →ISBN, page 203:
   • The Prague discos were bursting with bright leggings and bangles, and headbands and Rock-and-Troll leather dominated the Slayer inundated underground nonstops—Central Europe was where the West had shipped the eighties shit surpless when they were through with it. 2017, Daniel Arthur Smith, From the Inside:
3. A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.
   • Some of these consonants are stops, some are non-stops (continuants, see 11.2); some are voiced, others voiceless. It doesn't therefore look as if these consonants can have anything in common. 2009, Christopher McCully, The Sound Structure of English: An Introduction (Cambridge Introductions to the English Language), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 182:

Forms

Translations (6)

cs nonstop (convenience store open 24 hours a day) · ro nonstop (convenience store open 24 hours a day) · hu nonstop (convenience store open 24 hours a day) · pt 24 horas (convenience store open 24 hours a day) · bg денонощен (convenience store open 24 hours a day) · de Nonstop (nonstop journey, especially a flight)