interruption

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

   the telephone is an annoying interruption

2. 2
   noun

   The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.

   One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

3. 3
   noun

   an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

4. 4
   noun

   a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

5. 5
   noun

   the act of breaking into someone else’s speech.

6. 6
   noun

   A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.

Etymology

From Middle English interrupcioun, from Old French interrupcion, from Latin interruptio.