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Meaning of interruption | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˌɪntəˈɹʌpʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted
  3. the act of breaking into someone else’s speech.
    countable, uncountable
  4. the act of breaking into someone else’s speech
  5. A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.
    countable, uncountable
  6. A time interval during which there is a cessation of something

Equivalents

Български спиране
Deutsch Unterbrechung
Ελληνικά διακοπή
Esperanto interrompo
Suomi keskeytys
Français interruption
Gàidhlig casg eadar-chur
Italiano interruzione
日本語 中断 邪魔
Nederlands onderbreking
Polski przerwa
Português interrupção
Română întrerupere
Svenska avbrott

Examples

“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.”
“The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"[…]and so on.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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