Dictionary entry details
• INTERRUPT (noun)
Meaning:
A signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("interrupt" is a kind of...):
signal (an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes)
• INTERRUPT (verb)
Meaning:
Make a break in
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
cut off; disrupt; interrupt; break up
Context example:
We interrupt the program for the following messages
Hypernyms (to "interrupt" is one way to...):
break; break off; discontinue; stop (prevent completion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interrupt"):
heckle (challenge aggressively)
come in; inject; interject; interpose; put in; throw in (to insert between other elements)
block; jam (interfere with or prevent the reception of signals)
stop; stop over (interrupt a trip)
burst in on; burst upon (spring suddenly)
barge in; break in; butt in; chime in; chisel in; cut in; put in (break into a conversation)
break; intermit; pause (cease an action temporarily)
put aside; put away (turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily)
break (interrupt the flow of current in)
punctuate (interrupt periodically)
cut; cut off (cease, stop)
take off; take time off (take time off from work; stop working temporarily)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Destroy the peace or tranquility of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
interrupt; disturb
Context example:
Don't interrupt me when I'm reading
Hypernyms (to "interrupt" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam cannot interrupt Sue
Meaning:
Interfere in someone else's activity
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
interrupt; disrupt
Context example:
Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone
Hypernyms (to "interrupt" is one way to...):
barge in; break in; butt in; chime in; chisel in; cut in; put in (break into a conversation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interrupt"):
cut in (interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner)
cut short (cause to end earlier than intended)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Terminate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
break; interrupt
Context examples:
She interrupted her pregnancy / break a lucky streak / break the cycle of poverty
Hypernyms (to "interrupt" is one way to...):
end; terminate (bring to an end or halt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "interrupt"):
hold on; stop (stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments)
break off; break short; cut short (interrupt before its natural or planned end)
freeze; suspend (stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
