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| Main Entry: |
interval
 [in-ter-vuhl] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, pause |
| Synonyms: | breach, breathing space, comma, delay, distance, downtime, five, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, parenthesis, pausation, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten, term, time, time-out, wait, while |
| Notes: | an interval is a gap in time or space, whereas an interlude (literally 'between games') generally functions to fill such a gap, thus occupy an interval |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
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| Main Entry: | age |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a period of time |
| Synonyms: | aeon, blue moon, century, date, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, interim, interval, life, lifetime, millennium, span |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
| Main Entry: | blank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty space |
| Synonyms: | abyss, cavity, chasm, emptiness, gap, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, hollowness, interstice, interval, lacuna, nihility, nothingness, nullity, omission, opening, preterition, pretermission, skip, tabula rasa, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void, womb |
Example Sentences
- If a confidence interval is narrow, a specific forecast carries some credibility.
- The effect of all these flight plan modifications is that you spend an interval in the middle of the trip coasting.
- Conversely, statistical predictions gain in accuracy as the time interval increases.
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interruption of activity |
| Synonyms: | apnea, blow, breather, breathing space, caesura, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, halt, hiatus, interlude, intermission, interval, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, pause, recess, respite, rest, suspension, ten, time off, time out |
| Antonyms: | continuation, continuity |
| Main Entry: | cessation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, break, break-off, breather, cease, ceasing, close, conclusion, cutoff, desistance, discontinuance, downtime, end, finish, freeze*, grinding halt, halt, halting, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff, let-up, pause, recess, remission, respite, rest, screaming halt, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, termination, time off, time-out |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, crevice |
| Synonyms: | breach, chink, chip, cleft, cranny, crevasse, cut, discontinuity, division, fissure, fracture, gap, hole, interstice, interval, rent, rift, rima, rimation, rime, split |
| Main Entry: | degree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unit of measurement |
| Synonyms: | amount, amplitude, caliber, dimension, division, expanse, extent, gauge, gradation, grade, height, intensity, interval, length, limit, line, link, mark, notch, period, plane, point, proportion, quality, quantity, range, rate, ratio, reach, rung, scale, scope, severity, shade, size, space, stage, stair, standard, step, stint, strength, tenor, term, tier |
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deferment, interruption |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, bind, check, cooling-off period, cunctation, dawdling, demurral, detention, discontinuation, downtime, filibuster, hangup, hindrance, hold-up, holding, holding pattern, impediment, interval, jam, lag, lingering, logjam, loitering, moratorium, obstruction, postponement, problem, procrastination, prorogation, putting off, remission, reprieve, retardation, retardment, setback, showstopper, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, surcease, suspension, tarrying, tie-up, wait |
| Antonyms: | advance, dispatch, expedition, furtherance, hastening, hurry, rush, speed |
| Main Entry: | gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, clove, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, discontinuity, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void |
| Antonyms: | closure |
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