US /haɪˈeɪtəs/ UK /haɪˈeɪtəs/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or activity

    The band returned after a five-year hiatus.

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1 noun · a pause or gap in a... gapbreakinterruptionpauselullintervalintersticelapse
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Etymology

From Latin hiatus ('an opening, gap, aperture'), from hiare ('to gape, yawn, stand open').

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