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Meanings of interruption in English

Portuguese
suspensão
Catalan
suspensió
Spanish
interrupción

A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.

suspensão
Portuguese
interrupção
Catalan
interrupció
Spanish
pausa

An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.

interrupção

Speech event when one person breaks in to interject while another person is talking.

Usage of interruption in English
1
One serious issue we fear is an interruption in financing, he said.
Reuters
2
I did not understand this, but I let him continue without interruption.
The Hyperion Cantos
3
We present data that indicate a psychological benefit from structured treatment interruption.
Pubmed
4
The most common reason for an interruption was to verify patient information.
Pubmed
5
Lack of treatment interruption may improve long-term immunological outcome in HIV infection.
Pubmed
6
Returning from an interruption takes time and introduces errors into your work.
Time management for system administrators
7
I was in a rapture of excitement; the interruption made me wild.
A Touch of Sun, and Other Stories
8
All laboring patients had at least 1 hour of EFM without interruption.
Pubmed
9
We suggest that this is a result of interruption of AT2-receptor signaling.
Pubmed
10
What if my interruption made yours closer to the correct course there?
The Great Book of Amber
11
When Gertie is in a meditative state, any interruption can be dangerous.
The accidental demon slayer
12
An interruption came in the form of one of the office boys.
The Drums of Jeopardy
13
But the other, in the flood-tide of his argument, ignored the interruption.
Huntingtower
14
That same month a serious if unavoidable interruption hobbled the Landscape Department.
The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai...
15
For a hundred miles the royal fugitives proceeded rapidly and without interruption.
The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France
16
My initial resentment at this interruption had long since changed to curiosity.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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Translations for interruption
Interruption through the time
Interruption across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common