interruption
/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/
interruption noun: the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
Noun
interruption (countable and uncountable, plural interruptions)
- The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
- 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.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- 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.2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27
- the act of breaking into someone else’s speech.
- A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.
- Synonyms:
- hiatus
interruption meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
interruption in Hindi
- interruption
- बाधा bādhā, भंग bhaṅg
- interruption, disturbance
- खंडन khaṇḍan
interruption in Tamil
- தடங்கல், குறுக்கீடு, இடைமறிப்பு
interruption in Marathi
- interruption
- भंग bhaṅga
interruption in Urdu
- interruption, hinderance
- بھانجی bhāñjī
- interruption, confusion, disturbance
- خلل xalal
- interruption
- بادھا bādhā
More languagesFewer languages
- interruption in Bengali
- ছেদ chhēd
- interruption in Telugu
- అంతరాయం antarāyaṁ
- interruption in Malayalam
- തടസ്സം, വിഘ്നം
- interruption in Kannada
- ಅಡ್ಡಿಯಾಗುವುದು, ಕಾರ್ಯಭಂಗ, ಮಧ್ಯೆತಡೆ, ವಿಚ್ಛೇದ
- interruption in Sanskrit
- बाधा bādhā, विच्छित्ति vícchitti
- interruption in Arabic
- مُقَاطَعَة muqāṭaʕa
Examples of interruption in a sentence
- She grew exasperated by his constant interruptions.
- The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable.
- They don't let themselves get distracted by brain traffic, emails, or interruptions.
Synonyms of interruption
Forms of interruption
| plural | interruptions |
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Origin of interruption
From Middle English interrupcioun, from Old French interrupcion, from Latin interruptio.
Words formed from interruption
Phrases with interruption
Words that rhyme with interruption
Questions about interruption
- What does interruption mean?
- Interruption means the act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
- What is interruption in Hindi?
- Interruption in Hindi is बाधा (bādhā), भंग (bhaṅg), खंडन (khaṇḍan). See Interruption meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is interruption?
- Interruption is a noun.
- How do you pronounce interruption?
- Interruption is pronounced /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/.
- What is the plural of interruption?
- The plural of interruption is interruptions.
Words near interruption in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: interruption (page history and authors); खंडन (Hindi) (page history and authors); interruption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भंग (Marathi) (page history and authors); بادھا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ছেদ (Bengali) (page history and authors); interruption (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); interruption (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बाधा (Sanskrit) (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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