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intermit

/ɪntəˈmɪt/US/ɪntɚˈmɪt/

intermit verb: to interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.

Verb

intermit (third-person singular simple present intermits, present participle intermitting, simple past and past participle intermitted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
    • Pray to the gods to intermit the plague.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • The bell doth toll for him, that thinks it doth; and though it intermit again, yet from that minute, that that occasion wrought upon him, he is united to God.1624, John Donne, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII., in The Works of John Donne, vol. 3, ed. Henry Alford, London: John W. Parker (1839), pp. 574-5

intermit meaning in Urdu and Bengali

intermit in Urdu

ٹھہرنا, وقفہ ہونا, بند کرنا, موقوف کرنا, ٹھہرانا

intermit in Bengali

বিঘ্নিত করা, সাময়িকভাবে, পর্যায়ক্রমিকভাবে বন্ধ করা, স্থগিত রাখা

Forms of intermit

third-person singular presentintermits
present participleintermitting
past participleintermitted
pastintermitted

Origin of intermit

From Latin intermittere, from inter- + mittere.

Words formed from intermit

Words that rhyme with intermit

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Questions about intermit

What does intermit mean?
Intermit means to interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
What is intermit in Urdu?
Intermit in Urdu is ٹھہرنا, وقفہ ہونا, بند کرنا. See Intermit meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is intermit?
Intermit is a verb.
How do you pronounce intermit?
Intermit is pronounced /ɪntəˈmɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of intermit?
The past tense of intermit is intermitted.

Words near intermit in the dictionary

  1. intermise
  2. intermission
  3. intermissionless
  4. intermissions
  5. intermissive
  6. intermit
  7. intermitochondrial
  8. intermitotic
  9. intermits
  10. intermitted
  11. intermittedly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: intermit (page history and authors); intermit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intermit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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