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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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