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interrupt
[ verb in-tuh-ruhpt; noun in-tuh-ruhpt ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- to break off or cause to cease, as in the middle of something:
He interrupted his work to answer the bell.
Antonyms:
- to stop (a person) in the midst of doing or saying something, especially by an interjected remark:
May I interrupt you to comment on your last remark?
Synonyms:
verb (used without object)
- to cause a break or discontinuance; interfere with action or speech, especially by interjecting a remark:
Please don't interrupt.
noun
- Computers. a hardware signal that breaks the flow of program execution and transfers control to a predetermined storage location so that another procedure can be followed or a new operation carried out.
interrupt
/ ˌɪԳəˈʌ /
verb
- to break the continuity of (an action, event, etc) or hinder (a person) by intrusion
- tr to cease to perform (some action)
- tr to obstruct (a view)
- to prevent or disturb (a conversation, discussion, etc) by questions, interjections, or comment
noun
- the signal to initiate the stopping of the running of one computer program in order to run another, after which the running of the original program is usually continued
Derived Forms
- ˌԳٱˈܱپ, adjective
- ˌԳٱˈܱپly, adverb
- ˌԳٱˈܱپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- t·ܱĻ· adverb
- t·ܱĻ·Ա noun
- t·ܱi· adjective
- t·ܱt adjective
- ԴDzi·ٱ·ܱi· adjective
- ԴDzi·ٱ·ܱt adjective
- i·ٱ·ܱ verb
- -t·ܱiԲ adjective
- ܲi·ٱ·ܱi· adjective
- ܲi·ٱ·ܱiԲ adjective
- ܲi·ٱ·ܱt adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of interrupt1
Word History and Origins
Origin of interrupt1
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Example Sentences
On the afternoon of Sept. 2, 2020, however, her phone call was interrupted when he appeared inside her apartment.
“We interrupt to bring you important news,” the radio said.
They don't want clinical trials interrupted, grants terminated and they certainly don't want foreign cancer scientists with specific and unique expertise to be detained and threatened with deportation for no reason.
Filming had been interrupted by the fall of Assad and unrest in Syria.
He’ll never forget the day his doctor interrupted his practice with a phone call to reveal the results.
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