intermission
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin intermissiō, from intermittō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Noun[edit]
intermission (plural intermissions)
- A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.
- We ordered some drinks for the intermission.
- 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
- The line turns a sharp right-angle to the north to circumvent the town, and then plunges straight into the 1 in 50, which lasts for nearly 20 miles with few intermissions, and some pitches of 1 in 40.
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Translations[edit]
break between performances or sessions
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