Interrupt - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌɪntəˈrʌpt|  American pronunciation of the word interrupt
Brit.  |ɪntəˈrʌpt|  British pronunciation of the word interrupt

noun

- a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out

verb

- make a break in (syn: break up, cut off, disrupt)
We interrupt the program for the following messages
- destroy the peace or tranquility of (syn: disturb)
Don't interrupt me when I'm reading
- interfere in someone else's activity (syn: disrupt)
Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone
- terminate (syn: break)
She interrupted her pregnancy

Extra examples

It's not polite to interrupt.

His dinner was interrupted by a phone call.

We interrupt this program to bring you a special announcement.

Every summer periods of cool weather occasionally interrupt the intense heat.

Do not let anything which has passed today interrupt our friendship.

I could not bear being interrupted in anything I was about.

Will you stop interrupting me!

Sorry to interrupt, but I need to ask you to come downstairs.

My studies were interrupted by the war.

We can talk here without interruption.

We interrupt the program for the following messages

Don't interrupt me when I'm reading

Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone

She interrupted her pregnancy

Don't interrupt me. I'm counting.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: interrupt
he/she/it: interrupts
present participle: interrupting
past tense: interrupted
past participle: interrupted
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