hiatus

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Chief among the tasks before Ms. Willen as she returns from her hiatus is a new translation of Mr. Grass's

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  1. noun A gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break: "We are likely to be disconcerted by . . . hiatuses of thought” (Edmund Wilson).
  2. noun Linguistics A slight pause that occurs when two immediately adjacent vowels in consecutive syllables are pronounced, as in reality and naive.
  3. noun Anatomy A separation, aperture, fissure, or short passage in an organ or body part.

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  • This prevents hiatus, which is banished from Provencal verse as it is from French, and here again theory and practice are in accord, for the elision of the e mute where this e follows a vowel readmits hiatus into the French line, and no such phenomenon is known to the Provencal. —  Frederic Mistral
  • Chief among the tasks before Ms. Willen as she returns from her hiatus is a new translation of Mr. Grass's —  Home | The New York Observer
  • We're very sad to see the Mighty Offenders be placed on permanent hiatus, but couldn't be happier to let you know the cause for that hiatus: artist Joey Mason is now living in Los Angeles and working on The Spectacular Spider-Man (Saturday mornings on The CW.) —  COMIXTALK
  • After notable summer hiatus, autumn theater season now in full swing —  Southern Voice Local
  • After a near slightly over 3 years of hiatus, the band released their 3rd album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand yesterday. —  Hot Artists at Elbo.ws
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin hiātus, from past participle of hiāre, to gape.

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  1. Latin, a gap, aperture, chasm, hiatus, from hiare, past participle hiatus, gape, yawn, allied to English yawn, q. v.
 

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