adj
Meaning 1
Continuing with no interruption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
uninterrupted
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adjective
Meaning 2
continuing in time or space without interruption- James Jeans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light
- a continuous bout of illness lasting six months
- lived in continuous fear
- a continuous row of warehouses
- a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it
- moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: continuous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having undisturbed continuity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a convalescent needs uninterrupted sleep
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English interrupted English uninterrupted From un- + interrupted.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُتَّصِل (muttaṣil) — without interruption
- Arabic: مُتَوَاصِل (mutawāṣil) — without interruption
- Catalan: ininterromput — without interruption
- Dutch: onafgebroken — without interruption
- Dutch: ononderbroken — without interruption
- Esperanto: seninterrompa — without interruption
- Finnish: keskeytymätön — without interruption
- Finnish: katkeamaton — without interruption
- Finnish: yhtäjaksoinen — without interruption
- German: ununterbrochen — without interruption
- Hindi: निर्बाध (nirbādh) — without interruption
- Hindi: निरंतर (nirantar) — without interruption
- Italian: ininterrotto — without interruption
- Latin: perpes — without interruption
- Māori: hūrokuroku — without interruption
- Persian: بیوقفه (bê-vaqfe) — without interruption
- Romanian: neîntrerupt — without interruption
- Romanian: fără pauză — without interruption
- Spanish: ininterrumpido — without interruption
- Swedish: oavbrutet — without interruption
- Telugu: అవిచ్ఛిన్నము (avicchinnamu) — without interruption
- Ottoman Turkish: آراسز (arasız) — without interruption
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