Intermission
11Intermission — Intermission, lat. deutsch, Unterbrechung; Unterlassung; intermittirende Krankheiten, Krankheiten mit Zwischenzeiten von scheinbarer Gesundheit; intermittirender Puls, dessen regelmäßiger Schlag unterbrochen wird …
12intermission — I noun abeyance, adjournment, break, cessation, delay discontinuance, discontinuity, halt, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermittence, interregnum, interruption, interval, intervention, leave, lull, pause, pendency, recess, remission, respite,… …
13intermission — *pause, recess, respite, lull Analogous words: interruption, interval, gap, *break: ceasing or cessation, stopping or stop (see corresponding verbs at STOP) …
14intermission — meaning ‘an interval between parts of a play, film, etc.’, is American in origin but is now as widely used in BrE as the traditional word interval …
15intermission — [n] break, recess abeyance, abeyancy, break off, breather, breathing spell, cessation, doldrums, dormancy, downtime*, interim, interlude, interregnum, interruption, interval, latency, layoff, let up*, lull, parenthesis, pause, quiescence,… …
16intermission — ► NOUN 1) a pause or break. 2) an interval between parts of a play or film. ORIGIN Latin, from intermittere discontinue, stop …
17intermission — [in΄tər mish′ən] n. [L intermissio < intermissus, pp. of intermittere] 1. an intermitting or being intermitted; interruption 2. an interval of time between periods of activity; pause, as between acts of a play intermissive [in΄tərmis′iv] adj …
18intermission — (in tèr mi sion ; en vers, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1° Action de mettre un intervalle, une discontinuation. • Après une longue intermission de ces petits devoirs qui sont importuns quand ils sont fréquents, BALZ. liv. VIII, lett. 25. • Vous… …
19Intermission — An intermission or interval is a break between two parts of performances or sessions, in events such as a theatrical play, opera or musical concert. Sometimes there is also an intermission (break) in the showing of a film, in particular if it is… …
20intermission — [[t]ɪ̱ntə(r)mɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] intermissions N COUNT An intermission is a short break between two parts of a film, concert, or show. ...during the intermission of the musical Steppin Out . Syn: interval, interlude N COUNT: also prep N In American… …
