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Meanings of hiatus in English

Portuguese
suspensão
Catalan
suspensió
Spanish
suspensión

An interruption in the intensity or amount of something.

suspensão
Russian
гиатус
Portuguese
hiato
Spanish
hiato
Catalan
hiat

Occurrence of two vowel sounds in adjacent syllables, with no intervening consonant.

Related terms
гиатус
Portuguese
hiato

Break in a TV programme's schedule.

hiato
Portuguese
forame

A natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure.

forame
Synonyms
Examples for "foramen"
Examples for "foramen"
1
There is a terrible one confusing the supra-condyloid foramen with another one.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 / A Record of His Work...
2
Conclusions: Surgical treatment was the optimal management to cranial schwannoma of jugular foramen.
Pubmed
3
Migraine has been found to be associated with patent foramen ovale.
Pubmed
4
I took the cranium in my hands, palate and foramen magnum pointing up.
Devil Bones
5
With a tight shot of Rose's foramen filling the screen, I listed characteristics.
206 Bones
Usage of hiatus in English
1
K. Michelle is back with a new project after a short hiatus.
Ebony
2
Maybe we can forgive them for this month long hiatus after all.
Wired
3
The last human rights meeting, in May 2008, followed a four-year hiatus.
The Guardian
4
Even during its summer hiatus, Judge Judy re-runs typically outdraw the competition.
News.com.au
5
Boston then got its power play cranked up after a two-game hiatus.
Reuters
6
That hiatus officially ended after two weeks, but withdrawing dollars remained slow.
The Guardian
7
Elon Musk has ended his much-publicised and very short hiatus from Twitter.
The South African
8
After a hiatus of many years, GM is reviving the Hummer brand.
The South African
9
And again there were circumstances that are best described by a hiatus.
The Militants / Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fig...
10
This hiatus, however, could easily have been covered in the ship's log-book.
A Strange Discovery
11
Apart from the odd hiatus, he's relieved he never gave music away.
Radio NZ
12
This is Ciara's first music video after being on a musical hiatus.
Ebony
13
So how are three of the drama's main stars spending their hiatus?
Reuters
14
How is this great hiatus in human character to be filled up?
Sermons to the Natural Man
15
So after many iterations and a two-year hiatus, Big Brother is back.
News.com.au
16
However, Bell said he did not think the management hiatus made Game vulnerable.
Reuters
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Translations for hiatus
Hiatus through the time
Hiatus across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
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