Definitions of interrupt [ˌɪn təˈrɒg əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i]

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Definition of 'interrupt'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) interrupt
to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).

2. interrupt
to break off or cause to cease, as in the middle of something:
He interrupted his work to answer the bell.

3. interrupt
to stop (a person) in the midst of something, esp. by an interjected remark.

4. (v.i.) interrupt
to interfere with action or speech, esp. by interjecting a remark:
Please don't interrupt.

5. (n.) interrupt
a hardware or software signal that temporarily stops program execution in a computer so that another procedure can be carried out.

Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L interruptus, ptp. of interrumpere to break apart =inter-inter-+rumpere to burst)

Definition of 'interrupt'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) interrupt
a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out

2. (verb) interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
make a break in
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"

3. (verb) interrupt, disturb
destroy the peace or tranquility of
"Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"

4. (verb) interrupt, disrupt
interfere in someone else's activity
"Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"

5. (verb) interrupt, break
terminate
"She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

Definition of 'interrupt'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) interrupt
to disturb sb's conversation or activity
I'm sorry to interrupt, but could you help me?; Don't interrupt him while he's playing chess.

2. interrupt
to stop an activity from continuing
The operation was interrupted when there was a power failure.

Definition of 'interrupt'

Webster Dictionary

1. interrupt
broken; interrupted

2. (verb) interrupt
to break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking

3. (verb) interrupt
to divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill

Definitions of 'interrupt'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. interrupt
1. [techspeak] n. On a computer, an event that interrupts normal processing and temporarily diverts flow-of-control through an “interrupt handler” routine. See also trap.

2. interj. A request for attention from a hacker. Often explicitly spoken. “Interrupt — have you seen Joe recently?” See priority interrupt.

Translation of 'interrupt'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to stop a person while he is saying or doing something, especially by saying etc something oneself He interrupted her while she was speaking; He interrupted her speech; Listen to me and don't interrupt!
Afrikaans: onderbreek	Arabic: يُقاطِع	Bulgarian: намесвам се
Brazilian: interromper	Czech: přerušit	German: unterbrechen
Danish: afbryde	Greek: διακόπτω	Spanish: interrumpir
Estonian: vahele segama, katkestama	Farsi: قطع کردن؛ میان حرف کسی دو	Finnish: keskeyttää
French: interrompre	Hebrew: לִקטוֹעַ	Hindi: क्रम भंग करना
Croatian: upadati u riječ	Hungarian: félbeszakít	Indonesian: menyela
Icelandic: trufla, grípa fram í	Italian: interrompere	Japanese: じゃまする
Korean: 참견하다	Lithuanian: pertraukti	Latvian: pārtraukt; iejaukties
Malay: menyela	Dutch: in de rede vallen	Norwegian: avbryte
Polish: przer(y)wać	Persian: قطع کردن؛ میان حرف کسی دو	Pashto: د يو چا خبره پرې كول
Portuguese: interromper	Romanian: aîntrerupe	Russian: перебивать
Slovak: prerušiť	Slovenian: prekiniti	Serbian: prekinuti nekoga
Swedish: avbryta	Thai: ขัดจังหวะ	Turkish: sözünü kesmek, araya girm
Taiwanese: 打斷	Ukrainian: переривати	Urdu: بات کاٹنا
Vietnamese: ngắt lời	Chinese: 打断
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