Intermission — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of suspending activity temporarily

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˌɪntɚmˈɪʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɪntəmˈɪʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɪntəmˈɪʃən/

4 syllables Say it as /ˌɪntɚmˈɪʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

interruption suspension pause break

Word Forms

intermit	verb	cease an action temporarily
pause	verb	cease an action temporarily
break	verb	interrupt a continued activity
suspend	verb	stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Pause

der Akt der vorübergehenden Aussetzung der Tätigkeit

🇫🇷French

entracte

le fait de suspendre temporairement l'activité

🇪🇸Spanish

descanso

el acto de suspender temporalmente la actividad

🇮🇹Italian

intervallo

l'atto di sospendere temporaneamente l'attività

🇳🇱Dutch

pauze

de handeling waarbij de activiteit tijdelijk wordt opgeschort

🇵🇹Portuguese

intervalo

o ato de suspender temporariamente a atividade

🇷🇺Russian

антракт

акт о временном приостановлении деятельности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

विराम

गतिविधि को अस्थायी रूप से निलंबित करने का कार्य

🇧🇩Bengali

বিরতি

সাময়িকভাবে কার্যকলাপ স্থগিত করার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

இடைவேளை

செயல்பாட்டை தற்காலிகமாக இடைநிறுத்தும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

విరామం

కార్యకలాపాలను తాత్కాలికంగా నిలిపివేసే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

मध्यांतर

क्रियाकलाप तात्पुरते निलंबित करण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઇન્ટરમિશન

પ્રવૃત્તિને અસ્થાયી રૂપે સ્થગિત કરવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಧ್ಯಂತರ

ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕವಾಗಿ ಅಮಾನತುಗೊಳಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഇടവേള

പ്രവർത്തനം താൽക്കാലികമായി നിർത്തിവയ്ക്കുന്ന പ്രവർത്തനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਇੰਟਰਮਿਸ਼ਨ

ਗਤੀਵਿਧੀ ਨੂੰ ਅਸਥਾਈ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਮੁਅੱਤਲ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

وقفہ

سرگرمی کو عارضی طور پر معطل کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

中场休息

暂时中止活动的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

休憩

一時的に活動を休止する行為

🇰🇷Korean

중지

활동을 일시적으로 중단하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự tạm dừng

hành động đình chỉ hoạt động tạm thời

🇹🇭Thai

หยุดพักชั่วคราว

การดำเนินการระงับกิจกรรมเป็นการชั่วคราว

🇮🇩Indonesian

istirahat

tindakan menghentikan sementara aktivitas

🇲🇾Malay

rehat

tindakan menangguhkan aktiviti buat sementara waktu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

استراحة

فعل تعليق النشاط مؤقتا

🇮🇷Persian

وقفه

عمل تعلیق موقت فعالیت

🇹🇷Turkish

ara

faaliyetin geçici olarak durdurulması eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַפסָקָה

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The primary meaning of 'intermission' is 'the act of suspending activity temporarily'.

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