Definitions for interruption
ˌɪn təˈrʌp ʃənin·ter·rup·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. break, interruption, disruption, gapnoun

   an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

   "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"

2. interruption, breaknoun

   some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

   "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"

3. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspensionnoun

   a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. interruptionnoun

   the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted

2. interruptionnoun

   a time interval during which there is a cessation of something

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Interruptionnoun

   Etymology: interruption, Fr. interruptio, Latin.

   1. Interposition; breach of continuity.

   Places severed from the continent by the interruption of the sea. Matthew Hale, Original of Mankind.

   2. Intervention; interposition.

   You are to touch the one as soon as you have given a stroke of the pencil to the other, lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

   3. Hindrance; stop; let; obstruction.

   Bloody England into England gone,
   O'erbearing interruption, spite of France. William Shakespeare.

   This way of thinking on what we read, will be a rub only in the beginning; when custom has made it familiar, it will be dispatched without resting or interruption in the course of our reading. John Locke.

   Amidst the interruptions of his sorrow, seeing his penitent overwhelmed with grief, he was only able to bid her be comforted. Joseph Addison, Spect. №. 164.

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1. interruption

   An interruption is a break, pause or disturbance in the continuity or uniformity of a course, process, procedure or task. It can be seen as an intrusion or interference that disrupts the flow or sequence of events. This can apply to speech, activities, schedules, routines, or any event that requires a continuous flow of actions or thoughts.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Interruptionnoun

   the act of interrupting, or breaking in upon

2. Interruptionnoun

   the state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition

3. Interruptionnoun

   obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption

4. Interruptionnoun

   temporary cessation; intermission; suspension

5. Etymology: [L. interruptio: cf. F. interruption.]

Matched Categories

1. • Happening
   • Time Interval

How to pronounce interruption?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of interruption in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of interruption in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of interruption in a Sentence

1. Ezra Pound:

   There are few things more difficult than to appraise the work of a man suddenly dead in his youth; to disentangle promise from achievement; to save him from that sentimentalizing which confuses the tragedy of the interruption with the merit of the work actually performed.

2. Microsoft Corp:

   This morning, some of our customers experienced a brief, isolated services interruption which has now been resolved.

3. James Bennett:

   With a strong cash balance, we will continue operations without interruption, including paying employees, vendors and service providers, today's actions will preserve liquidity and flexibility as we continue to engage in constructive dialogue with our stakeholders.

4. Eric Johnson:

   I don't think there's any confusion about that in Dallas, we are supporting our police department and we're supporting the violence interruption program and other things that we're doing that are community-based and it's just it's working. And I think it's a great model for the nation.

5. Volkan Topalli:

   I think that it's that's been missing in the United States for a long time, in America, we tend to think of crime as purely the purview of police departments, and I don't think that's really… law enforcement can't do everything. They need the community to be in there with them on these things. So funding some community-based efforts like violence, interruption programs, I think is a really, really good first step.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=interruption
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Interruption
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=interruption
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interruption