| Main Entry: | interval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, pause |
Synonyms: |
breach, breathing space, comma, delay, distance, downtime, five, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, parenthesis, pausation, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten, term, time, time-out, wait, while |
| Notes: | an interval is a gap in time or space, whereas an interlude (literally 'between games') generally functions to fill such a gap, thus occupy an interval |
Antonyms: |
continuation |
| Main Entry: | lull |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, calm |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, break, breather, breathing spell, calmness, coffee break, comma, downtime, hiatus, hush, layoff, letup, pausation, quiescence, quiet, respite, silence, stillness, stop, time-out, tranquility |
Antonyms: |
busyness, continuation, disturbance, energy |
| Main Entry: | pause |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wait, delay |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, break, break-off, breathing space, breathing spell, caesura, cessation, coffee break, comma, cutoff, deadlock, discontinuance, downtime, freeze*, gap, gridlock, halt, happy hour, hesitancy, hesitation, hiatus, hitch*, hush, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, layoff, letup, lull, pausation, recess, respite, rest, rest period, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stopover, stoppage, suspension, time out |
Antonyms: |
continuation, persistence |
| Concept: | Interval. |
| Category: | 1. GENERAL DIMENSIONS |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
interval, interspace; separation; break, gap, opening; hole; chasm, hiatus, caesura; interruption, interregnum; interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha., gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm; gulf; inlet, frith, strait, gully; pass; furrow; abra; barranca, barranco; clove [U.S.], gulch [U.S.], notch [U.S.]; yawning gulf; hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus; parenthesis (interjacence); void. (absence) [more]; incompleteness.
-verbs
-adjectives
with an interval, far between; breachy, rimose, rimulose.
-adverbs
at intervals (discontinuously); longo intervallo.
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