interrupt

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˌɪntəˈrʌpt/ (verb)

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• IPA ^(key): /ˈɪntəˌrʌpt/ (noun)
• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧rupt

Verb

Plain form interrupt

Third-person singular interrupts

Past tense interrupted

Past participle interrupted

Present participle interrupting

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you interrupt someone, you stop them doing or saying one thing, and often ask them to do another.

   Please, don't interrupt me when I'm thinking.

Noun

Singular interrupt

Plural interrupts

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Related words

• interruption