Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of interrupting or breaking in upon anything.
- n. The state of being interrupted; the state of being impeded, checked, or stopped.
- n. Obstruction or hindrance caused by a breaking in upon any course, current, progress, or motion; stoppage: as, interruptions in the execution of a work.
- n. Cessation; intermission; interval.
- n. A prorogation of Parliament: used in the seventeenth century.
Wiktionary
- n. the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted
- n. a time interval during which there is a cessation of something
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon.
- n. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition.
- n. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance.
- n. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- n. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- n. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
Examples
“Wal, the Duke's real amiable; but I reckon you'd find what you call the interruption of an argument.”
“Well, I don't know what you call interruption, but this is a complete stopper; I can't make any impression with the pick, it is as hard as rock; and then comes some of those old walls that are rather harder than granite -- you may as well pick at a cart-load of pig iron.”
“The word interruption has mostly negative connotations, but there’s nothing inherently negative about breaks and ruptures.”
“Research certainly confirms that refocusing after an interruption is a time sink and a workplace problem, but you can minimise the impact of interruption with planning and interruption management.”
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“VFV (in a cold voice): Attention readers of EDF, your non-fiction scheduled interruption is now over.”
“Mr. Tanner said Lockheed was "probably as positioned as well as we could be" to ride out a short-term interruption in federal payments, but would face serious cash-flow pressures if the crisis is prolonged.”
“However, as with any transition, we expect there will be a few hiccups along the way, and you may even see some short-term interruption in the availability of our eBooks, especially in the first few days, as systems are being adapted to accommodate changes.”
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“For me, the only time without interruption is late in the evening.”
“It's a beautifully structured story that kept me enthralled and reading in one sitting, with just a minor interruption from the butler Bookhound with a pot of tea and some chocolate biscuits.”
“Mr. Obama, the $146 a barrel price of oil we just experienced was not caused by any specific short-term interruption in supplies, as in the past.”
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