to intermit

Examples

• All

• Rain would intermit throughout the afternoon, never stopping for long.

• If your symptoms intermit, it's important to still see a doctor.

• The speaker chose to intermit her lecture for a brief break.

• The rain will intermit throughout the day.

• The rain will intermit for a few hours, allowing us to go outside.

• Please intermit the movie at the midway point so we can take a break.

• They decided to intermit their discussion until after lunch.

Synonyms

B

to break

vsto intermit

∞ 1.0

To stop an activity or end a habit

stops briefly without ending the activity

I

to interrupt

vsto intermit

796 2.5

To stop someone speaking or an activity

stops briefly as a planned halt rather than breaking continuity

T

to take a break

vsto intermit

543 1.4

To stop doing something for a short time to rest or relax before continuing

stops briefly without implying rest or relaxation

P

to pause

vsto intermit

336 1.0

Stop for a short time before continuing

is the same brief stop but expressed in a different form

Antonyms

C

to continue

∞ 1.0

To keep doing something without stopping

How Interrupted

to terminate

151 4.6

stop

117 1.0

to suspend

228 3.9

to intermit

1 8.9

to pause

336 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology