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[ in-ter-mish -uh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌɪn tərˈmɪʃ ən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.
a period during which action temporarily ceases; an interval between periods of action or activity: They studied for hours without an intermission.
the act or fact of intermitting; state of being intermitted: to work without intermission.
Origin of intermission 1400–50; late Middle English <Latin intermissiōn- (stem of intermissiō ) interruption, equivalent to intermiss (us ) (past participle of intermittere to intermit) + -iōn- -ion
Words nearby intermission intermetatarsal joint, intermezzo, intermigration, interminable, intermingle, intermission , intermissive, intermit, intermittent, intermittent acute porphyria, intermittent claudication
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Example sentences from the Web for intermission He promptly explained the situation, breaking early for intermission .
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Like, if there was an intermission at dirty movies, so you could go get your Goobers—or Raisinets, for that matter.
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As a debate, this was a sideshow, 90 minutes of stilted silliness, an intermission interrupting the real deal.
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With concerts and plays the intermission often proves a bit of dilemma.
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But at intermission during a recent preview performance, the man next to me grumbled that he had no idea what was going on.
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He had scarcely any intermission of pain, day or night, for three months after his return to England.
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He would not have been able to tell for a certainty with whom he talked during the intermission , nor with whom he shook hands.
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In the other cases the disease began at the close of the initial paroxysm, during the intermission , or early in the relapse.
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The only chance of getting the work done in time was to toil at it night and day, without rest or intermission .
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It might be that one year's intermission of preaching and admonition would place us below the level of the heathen.
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British Dictionary definitions for intermission noun an interval, as between parts of a film
a period between events or activities; pause
the act of intermitting or the state of being intermitted
Derived forms of intermission intermissive , adjective Word Origin for intermission C16: from Latin intermissiō, from intermittere to leave off, intermit
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Words related to intermission interruption, interval, lull, layoff, rest, interim, suspense, latency, pause, stoppage, interlude, quiescence, time, time-out, suspension, dormancy, spell, stop, respite, abeyance