Hiatus - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |haɪˈeɪtəs|  American pronunciation of the word hiatus
Brit.  |haɪˈeɪtəs|  British pronunciation of the word hiatus

noun

- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something (syn: abatement, reprieve, respite, suspension)
- a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
- a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure (syn: foramen)

Extra examples

The band is making an album again after a five-year hiatus.

...steam was rising from an hiatus in the ground...

Talks between the two countries have resumed after a six-year hiatus.

There was a brief hiatus in the war.

We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years

Word forms

noun
singular: hiatus
plural: hiatuses
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