nonstop
35
1.5
- adverb
- /ˈnɒnˌstɒp/
:
sin escalas
- The broad scope has phones ringing nonstop at contract lawyers' offices all over the Washington, D.C., area.
- fly nonstop
- work nonstop
There was this game that I played nonstop and I don't know if it was a big game, but Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure.
- There was this game that I played nonstop and I don't know if it was a big game, but Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure.
Examples
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Then, just before mid-May, the red knots fly 4,000 miles nonstop to Delaware Bay.
Academic text (2010) -
You're flying me direct nonstop to Moscow.
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I will remove myself from the world for a month and work nonstop, then do nothing for weeks.
Academic text (2009) -
Actually, she had planned to move out for some time, but had been working almost nonstop.
Fiction book (1999) -
After working nonstop for three days, she returned home at midnight and, for the first time, saw CNN.
Academic text (2002) -
Detective Norris has been working in this case nonstop.
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And he's been on the campaign trail nonstop ever since," Boehner said yesterday.
Blog text (26) -
Migrating shorebirds that frequent Delaware often fly nonstop over the open Atlantic between North and South America.
Academic text (2010) -
You're flying me direct nonstop to Moscow.
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The polio campaign will continue in the province nonstop and without any interruption.
Synonyms
740
1.0
Very often or all the time without stopping
139
2.9
Happening again and again over time, often with short breaks
95
2.3
Happens without stopping or pausing
22
6.3
In a way that continues without stopping for a long time
6
5.3
Without stopping
2
6.6
In a way that does not stop
1
6.3
Without any pause or stop
1
4.2
Without stopping at any time
Antonyms
Compounds
How Continuous
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonstop = nonstop (transparent) = non
The adverbial use is a straightforward conversion from the adjective 'nonstop'.
Etymology
Nonstop comes from non- ('not') plus stop ('to stop'), so it literally means 'without stopping' or 'continuously'. Think of driving through the night with 'no stop'—doing something nonstop means doing it without breaks.