Hiatus - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|haɪˈeɪtəs|
Brit.
|haɪˈeɪtəs|
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)
- 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
singular: hiatus
plural: hiatuses
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