nnoun.actan act of delaying or interrupting the continuitySynset:break disruption gap
Examples:- it was presented without commercial breaks
- there was a gap in his account
Derivationally Related Form:interruptdisrupt
Hypernyms:delay holdup
Inherited Hypernyms:breakdelayinactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:abruptionbarrackingbreaking offcut-inhecklinginsertinterjectioninterpellationinterpolationinterposition
Full Hyponyms:breaking offcut-inhecklinginterjection
nnoun.eventsome abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activitySynset:break
Examples:- the telephone is an annoying interruption
- there was a break in the action when a player was hurt
Derivationally Related Form:break
Hypernyms:happening natural event occurrence occurrent
Inherited Hypernyms:interruptionhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:abatementdislocationdisruptioneclipsehiatusoccultationpunctuationreprieverespitesuspension
Full Hyponyms:annular eclipsedefervescencedislocationeclipselunar eclipsepartial eclipsepunctuationremissionresolutionsolar eclipsesuspensiontotal eclipse
nnoun.timea time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of somethingSynset:break intermission pause suspension
Derivationally Related Form:breaksuspendpause
Hypernyms:interval time interval
Inherited Hypernyms:pausetime intervalmeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:blackoutcaesuradead airdelayhalftimeholdlapseletuplullpostponementreliefrespiterestrest periodtime-outtime lagwait
Full Hyponyms:blackoutbreathcaesuradead airdelayextensionhalftimelapseletupmoratoriumrespiteretardationtime-out