| Main Entry: | cessation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, arrest, break, break-off, breather, cease, ceasing, close, conclusion, cutoff, desistance, discontinuance, downtime, end, finish, freeze*, grinding halt, halt, halting, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff, let-up, pause, recess, remission, respite, rest, screaming halt, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, termination, time off, time-out |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, start |
| Main Entry: | interim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interval |
Synonyms: |
breach, break, breather, breathing spell, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, gap, hiatus, interlude, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, meantime, meanwhile, pause, take ten, time*, time-out |
Antonyms: |
continuation, permanence |
| Main Entry: | intermission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, recess |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, abeyancy, break-off, breather, breathing spell, cessation, doldrums, dormancy, downtime, interim, interlude, interregnum, interruption, interval, latency, layoff, let-up, lull, parenthesis, pause, quiescence, quiescency, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, suspense, suspension, time, time-out, wait |
| 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: | recess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, interval in action |
Synonyms: |
break-off, breather, breathing spell, cessation, closure, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, halt, happy hour, hiatus, holiday, interlude, intermission, interregnum, layoff, letup, lull, pause, respite, rest, stop, suspension, ten, time-out, vacation |
Antonyms: |
continuation |
| Main Entry: | suspension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delay |
Synonyms: |
abeyance, abeyancy, adjournment, break, breather, breathing spell, cessation, coffee break, concluding, conclusion, cutoff, deferment, disbarment, discontinuation, discontinuing, doldrums, dormancy, downtime, end, ending, finish, five, freeze, halt, heave-ho, intermission, interruption, latency, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, period, postponement, quiescence, quiescency, remission, respite, stay, stoppage, suspense, ten, termination, time-out |
Antonyms: |
completion, continuation, finish, persistence |
| Main Entry: | time-out |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension of activity |
Synonyms: |
break, breather, breathing spell, halt, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, rest, short break, spell |
| Main Entry: | suspension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
| 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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