INTERMIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected forms: intermitted , intermitting

Present simple: I / you / we / they intermit ... he / she / it intermits

Past simple: intermitted

Past participle: intermitted

-ing form: intermitting

Meaning:

Cease an action temporarily

Example:

let's break for lunch

Synonyms:

break; intermit; pause

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "intermit" is one way to...):

break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "intermit"):

breathe; catch one's breath; rest; take a breather (take a short break from one's activities in order to relax)

take five (take a break for five minutes)

take ten (take a ten minute break)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

intermission (the act of suspending activity temporarily)