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Meanings of
intermit
in English
Portuguese
parar
Back to the meaning
Cease an action temporarily.
break
pause
Portuguese
parar
Synonyms
Examples for "
break
"
break
pause
Examples for "
break
"
1
Yes, that really was his only
break
in the case thus far.
2
Popular films did, however,
break
into the best picture race last year.
3
Superb police work, chief: When you friend suggest you
break
the law.
4
NK: Today we have not heard any reports of diseases
break
out.
5
Mr Bell said health interventions could
break
the addiction and crime cycle.
1
However, a recent BMJ Case Report has given me
pause
for thought.
2
They hope the
pause
for thought will result in better future architecture.
3
The recent stock market volatility has given Liberty
pause
,
the source said.
4
But do we ever
pause
to ask: is the state entirely necessary?
5
You mean-toask a question?' There was a
pause
while Jane pondered.
Usage of
intermit
in English
1
The Lord vouchsafed at last to
intermit
the penitential task of suffering.
2
Though often in feeble health, he seldom allowed physical languor to
intermit
his work.
3
I may
intermit
my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
4
The king had seemed willing, during some time, to
intermit
the blows which overwhelmed him.
5
Y: They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or
intermit
.
6
When the pains become regular and
intermit
,
it is time that the physician is sent for.
7
Still the discharge could be observed to
intermit
(1427.
8
Because the pulse seems to
intermit
,
we must not presume that it will cease instantly to beat.
9
The other is to
intermit
it wholly for a certain period, and let other subjects have their swing.
10
So, in dependence on those prophets, they applied themselves earnestly to building, and did not
intermit
one day.
11
Whatever employment the people were engaged in, they did not
intermit
it during the hot hours of the day.
12
I found him, as usual, bent over his work, which he did not
intermit
,
but merely motioned me to be seated.
13
The queen quietly went on with her embroidery, and not for a moment did she
intermit
the regular motion of her needle.
14
Never will I
intermit
my enmity to our invaders; never will I live for any other object than the liberties of our people.
15
Could it be that Hannah's mother was the room-mate of this loathsome creature, whose profanity and obscenity did not
intermit
for a moment?
16
Then she got up, and bestirred herself for the men, hoping, no doubt, they would
intermit
their drumming if she could but conciliate them.
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About this term
intermit
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
intermit for
intermit the blows
observe to intermit
Translations for
intermit
Portuguese
parar
interromper
pausar
Intermit
through the time