noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state of being sporadic or intermittent; a lack of flow or fluency. countable, uncountable

   "I remember he wound up with my health, proposed in a speech of small variety and considerable intermittence."

2. 2
   the quality of being intermittent; subject to interruption or periodic stopping wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abeyancealternationarrhythmiabeatbreakbroken thread

Example

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"I remember he wound up with my health, proposed in a speech of small variety and considerable intermittence."

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