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INTERMIT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: intermitted    , intermitting   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cease an action temporarily

Example:

let's break for lunch

Synonyms:

break; intermit; pause

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "intermit" is one way to...):

break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intermit"):

breathe; catch one's breath; rest; take a breather (take a short break from one's activities in order to relax)

take five (take a break for five minutes)

take ten (take a ten minute break)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

intermission (the act of suspending activity temporarily)

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