1. to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.). 2. to break off or cause to cease, as in the middle of something: He interrupted his work to answer the bell. 3. to stop (a person) in the midst of something, esp. by an interjected remark.
Interrupt, discontinue, suspend imply breaking off something temporarily or permanently. Interrupt may have either meaning: to interrupt a meeting. To discontinue is to stop or leave off, often permanently: to discontinue a building program.
interrupt (third-person singular simple present interrupts, present participle interrupting, simple past and past participle interrupted) (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. quotations
If you interrupt someone who is speaking, you say or do something that causes them to stop. Turkin tapped him on the shoulder. 'Sorry to interrupt, Colonel.' [VERB] He tried to speak, but she interrupted him. [VERB noun] The sudden interruption stopped Beryl in mid-flow.
INTERRUPT definition: to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.). See examples of interrupt used in a sentence.
Definition of interrupt verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
