INTERMIT (intermitted, intermitting)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: intermitted    , intermitting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does intermit mean? 

• INTERMIT (verb)
  The verb INTERMIT has 1 sense:

1. cease an action temporarily

  Familiarity information: INTERMIT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERMIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they intermit    ... he / she / it intermits   
Past simple: intermitted   
Past participle: intermitted   
-ing form: intermitting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cease an action temporarily

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

break; intermit; pause

Context example:

let's break for lunch

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)