interruption
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
it was presented without commercial breaks
Types & categories
- holdup hypernym
- cut-in hyponym
- cut-in hyponym
- interposition hyponym
- breaking off hyponym
- heckling hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
the telephone is an annoying interruption
Types & categories
- happening hypernym
- dislocation hyponym
- punctuation hyponym
- abatement hyponym
- eclipse hyponym
Related & opposite
- break derivation
Sense 3 noun
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- suspend derivation
- intermit derivation
- break away derivation
- pause derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interrupt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interrupt |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | holdup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut-in |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cut-in |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | interposition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | breaking off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heckling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | break |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | happening |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dislocation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | punctuation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | abatement |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eclipse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | intermit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | break away |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pause |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | interval |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lapse |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blackout |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | caesura |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dead air |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wait |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | halftime |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rest period |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | time-out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | lull |