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- [hahy-ey-tuh s]
- /haɪˈeɪ təs/
- /haɪˈeɪ.təs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahy-ey-tuh s]
- /haɪˈeɪ təs/
Definitions of hiatus word
- noun plural hiatus a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc. 1
- noun plural hiatus a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript. 1
- noun plural hiatus any gap or opening. 1
- noun plural hiatus Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily. 1
- noun plural hiatus Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure. 1
- noun hiatus A pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process. 1
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Origin of hiatus
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; < Latin hiātus opening, gap, equivalent to hiā(re) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action
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Parts of speech for Hiatus
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hiatus popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hiatus usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hiatus
noun hiatus
- lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- rift — an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- discontinuity — lack of continuity; irregularity: The plot of the book was marred by discontinuity.
- chasm — A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice.
Antonyms for hiatus
noun hiatus
- closing — The closing part of an activity or period of time is the final part of it.
- juncture — a point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances: At this juncture, we must decide whether to stay or to walk out.
- misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- continuation — The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping.
- continuity — Continuity is the fact that something continues to happen or exist, with no great changes or interruptions.
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