Interruption
/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 2 an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity wordnet
- 3 the act of breaking into someone else’s speech. countable, uncountable
- 4 some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity wordnet
- 5 A time interval during which there is a cessation of something. countable, uncountable
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- 6 a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something wordnet
Example
More examples"The company faced a major interruption in business when a fire destroyed their archive of computer hard drives and optical discs."
Etymology
From Middle English interrupcioun, from Old French interrupcion, from Latin interruptio.