a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
a missing part; gap or lacuna: Scholars attempted to account for the hiatus in the medieval manuscript.
any gap or opening.
Grammar, Prosody. the coming together, with or without break or slight pause, and without contraction, of two vowels in successive words or syllables, as in see easily.
Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.
Origin of hiatus
1555–65; <Latin hiātus opening, gap, equivalent to hiā(re) to gape, open + -tus suffix of v. action
Any simmering testosterone from the league’s hiatus is long gone, but players will continue to search for ways to energize the team.
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The Blazers had a quality offense prior to the hiatus, tied for ninth-best in the league.
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Finding a new job after a few years on hiatus can be very difficult for mothers, who may be stereotyped as less serious about their careers because they took time off to be with their children.
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In doing so, many of the advertisers including Pernod Ricard and Patagonia are using the hiatus to broadly review media buying strategies, particularly on Facebook.
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Padre Goyo got back to Mexico in May from a three-month hiatus that he called a self-imposed exile in Europe.
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In the summer of 2013, Jon Stewart took a hiatus from The Daily Show and traveled to Jordan for a month to film a movie.
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They forged ahead and toured in support of the new record for a year—then went on hiatus.
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The show returned from hiatus this week, and the host got right to work talking about Ferguson.
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Comedy icon and Daily Show host Jon Stewart shocked fans when he took a three-month hiatus from the show in the summer of 2013.
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It were to be wished that this hiatus had been supplied from the originals, in the archives of Brussels.
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain.|William H. Prescott
This hiatus of ten years in the life of our poet is very similar to the thirteen fallow years in the career of Browning.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard
So we supply the hiatus in the text, in conformity with the opinion of the Commentator.
Hindu Law and Judicature|Yjnavalkya
Rhythm of Tennyson's Locksley Hall, proceeding by stress only, independent of vowel-quantity or hiatus.
The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran|Anonymous
The mother of the offender supplied the hiatus in the story—and Calvert was somewhat relieved.
Charlemont|W. Gilmore Simms
British Dictionary definitions for hiatus
hiatus
/ (haɪˈeɪtəs) /
nounplural-tusesor-tus
(esp in manuscripts) a break or gap where something is missing
a break or interruption in continuity
a break between adjacent vowels in the pronunciation of a word
anatomya natural opening or aperture; foramen
anatomy a less common word for vulva
Derived forms of hiatus
hiatal, adjective
Word Origin for hiatus
C16: from Latin: gap, cleft, aperture, from hiāre to gape, yawn