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interruptions

interruptions is the plural of interruption.

Meaning of interruption

Noun

interruption (countable and uncountable, plural interruptions)

  1. 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
  2. the act of breaking into someone else’s speech.
  3. A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.
    Synonyms:
    hiatus

Phrases with interruptions

Questions about interruptions

What is interruptions the plural of?
Interruptions is the plural of interruption.

Words near interruptions in the dictionary

  1. interrupting times
  2. interruptingly
  3. interruption
  4. interruption science
  5. interruptionless
  6. interruptions
  7. interruptive
  8. interruptively
  9. interruptless
  10. interruptor
  11. interruptors

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