interruption — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.

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   One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

   The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"[…]and so on.

2. the act of breaking into someone else’s speech.

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3. A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.

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Sostantivo

1. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

   Sinonimi

   breakdisruptiongap

   Termini più generali

   delayholdup

   Esempi

   it was presented without commercial breaks

   there was a gap in his account

2. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

   Sinonimi

   break

   Termini più generali

   happeningoccurrenceoccurrentnatural event

   Esempi

   the telephone is an annoying interruption

   there was a break in the action when a player was hurt

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

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   pauseintermissionbreaksuspension

   Termini più generali

   time intervalinterval