Intermission Definition

ĭntər-mĭshən
intermissions
noun
intermissions
An intermitting or being intermitted; interruption.
Webster's New World
An interval of time between periods of activity; extended pause, as between acts of a play.
Webster's New World

A break between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly.

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intermission
Plural:
intermissions

Origin of Intermission

  • Middle English intermissioun from Old French intermission from Latin intermissiō intermissiōn- from intermissus past participle of intermittere to interrupt intermit

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Intermission Sentence Examples

  • I'm sorry to have missed act one, but I promise a short intermission before I give act two a try.

  • During this period rain falls almost without intermission.

  • His investigations were carried on without any intermission of his work as a schoolmaster.

  • The success of his association of chemistry with botany is shown by the fact that soil has been made to bear wheat without intermission for upwards of half a century without manure.

  • In the strife which soon broke out between the Girondins and the Jacobins he took no decided part, but occupied himself mainly with the legal and legislative work which went on almost without intermission even during the Terror.

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