Associations to the word «Interruption»

Wiktionary

INTERRUPTION, noun. The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
INTERRUPTION, noun. A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.

Dictionary definition

INTERRUPTION, noun. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account".
INTERRUPTION, noun. Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt".
INTERRUPTION, noun. A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats