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to interrupt
01
to stop or pause a process, activity, etc. temporarily
Transitive: to interrupt a process or activity
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
interrupt
3rd person singular
interrupts
Present participle
interrupting
Past simple
interrupted
Past participle
interrupted
Examples
She interrupted the meeting to ask a question.
02
to disturb or disrupt the calmness or serenity of a situation or person
Transitive: to interrupt sb/sth
Examples
A sudden argument interrupted the peaceful dinner, leaving everyone uncomfortable.
03
to stop someone from speaking by speaking or acting before they finish
Transitive: to interrupt sb
Examples
The teacher interrupted the student to correct a misunderstanding.
04
to disrupt or break the continuous flow or smoothness of something
Transitive: to interrupt sth
Examples
A colorful painting on the wall interrupted the otherwise dull decor.
Interrupt
01
a signal that halts a program's execution so another operation can run
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
interrupts
Examples
The processor received an interrupt from the keyboard driver.
Lexical Tree
interrupted
interruption
interrupt
