Intermit (Verb)
Meaning
Cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The concert intermit for a short interval to allow the musicians to take a break.
- The crew will intermit their excavation to re-evaluate their safety procedures.
- During the lecture, the professor decided to intermit the slide presentation to answer questions.
- The production line must intermit to change the mold for the new product design.
- The rainstorm forced the soccer game to intermit until the weather conditions improved.