Intermission
[ɪntə'mɪʃ(ə)n] or ['ɪntɚ'mɪʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
(n.) Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
(n.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.
(n.) Intervention; interposition.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Remission, suspension, suspense, stoppage, stop, interruption, pause, rest, respite.
Typist: Robinson
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cessation, interruption, discontinuance, suspension, recurrence, pause, rest,stop, interval
ANT:Continuity, continuance, permanence, perpetuity, constancy, uninterruptedness
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Examples
- In these the occupants were fully secure from the shells of the navy, which were dropped into the city night and dav without intermission. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Arduous work was at once resumed at home on duplex and quadruplex telegraphy, just as though there had been no intermission or discouragement over dots twenty-seven feet long. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nabonidus was taken prisoner, and Persian sentinels were set at the gates of the temple of Bel, where the services continued without intermission. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Still, they had not come upon Flintwinch yet; so the sturdy digging and shovelling and carrying away went on without intermission by night and by day. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The rain had been thick and heavy all day, and with little intermission for many days. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But they were entirely ignorant of what had passed; and their raptures continued, with little intermission, to the very day of Lydia's leaving home. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Meantime, Sherman continued his crossing without intermission as fast as his troops could be got up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The rain continued the whole evening without intermission; Jane certainly could not come back. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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