All interval synonyms
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I i noun interval
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- interruption β an act or instance of interrupting.
- layoff β the act of dismissing employees, especially temporarily.
- intermission β a short interval between the acts of a play or parts of a public performance, usually a period of approximately 10 or 15 minutes, allowing the performers and audience a rest.
- spell β a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- hiatus β a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
- lull β to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
- interregnum β an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
- five β a cardinal number, four plus one.
- period β a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- rest β a support for a lance; lance rest.
- interim β an intervening time; interval; meantime: School doesn't start till September, but he's taking a Spanish class in the interim.
- comma β A comma is the punctuation mark , which is used to separate parts of a sentence or items in a list.
- playtime β time for play or recreation.
- delay β If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- space β the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- interlude β an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- meantime β the intervening time: The party is Tuesday, but in the meantime I have to shop and prepare the food.
- time-out β a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- breach β If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
- opening β an open or clear space.
- season β one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- gap β a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- downtime β a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
- wait β to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- distance β the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- term β a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
- letup β cessation; pause; relief.
- lacuna β a gap or missing part, as in a manuscript, series, or logical argument; hiatus.
- while β a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
- parenthesis β either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- ten β a cardinal number, nine plus one.
- pause β a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- recess β temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- separation β an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- rift β an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- breathing space β A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
verb interval
- compartmentalise β to divide into categories or compartments.
- compartmentalize β To compartmentalize something means to divide it into separate sections.
- spacing β the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
- compartmented β Divided into compartments.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- single out β only one in number; one only; unique; sole: a single example.
adverb interval
- at the same time β If two or more things exist, happen, or are true at the same time, they exist, happen, or are true together although they seem to contradict each other.
- in the interim β for the time being, in the meantime
- for the moment β for now