hiatus
hiatus
Definition
hia·tus (hī āt′əs)
noun pl. -·tuses or -·tus
- a break where a part is missing or lost, as in a manuscript; gap in a sequence; lacuna
- any gap or interruption, as in continuity or time
- Phonet. a slight pause in pronunciation between two successive vowels in adjacent words or syllables, as between the sounds represented by the successive e's in he entered and reenter
Etymology: L, pp. of hiare, to gape < IE base *ĝhē-, ĝhēi- > gap, gasp
hia′·tal adjective
hiatus
Synonyms
hiatus
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- avoid: In the mean time, alternative routes will need to be put in place by the HPC in order to avoid a hiatus.
- cause: The sudden departure of Pat Baker at the end of October has caused a slight hiatus in the work of Hewlett-Packard.
- follow: The renewal of the practice follows a 200-year hiatus.
- take: The Nutlog will be taking a hiatus for about three weeks in August.
- have: Tarantino is lucky, he had a six-year hiatus to hide the fact that he steals from any random film he likes.
- create: Their abstraction creates a hiatus in space-time, a sense of unboundedness.
Adjective modifier
- sacral: The first step is to identify the sacral hiatus.
- indefinite: In 2005, its members announced that the band was on " indefinite hiatus.
- five-year: After a five-year recording hiatus Omar the UK soul man is back!
- two-year: There has been nearly a two-year hiatus for the Beat Up?
- lengthy: After a lengthy hiatus, Conscious Pilot have released a few more tracks and have a string of shows planned for 2006.
- three-year: The first when I pulled Salt & Honey out of the bottom drawer after a three-year hiatus and found myself enjoying the story.
Modifies a noun
- hernia: This is the most common type of hiatus hernia.
- period: I did Ring 2 - which initially was a small part in a hiatus period.
Noun used with modifier
- summer: By all accounts, Reed treated the six young actors as his own children, even taking them on trips during the summer hiatus.
- month: Tour bus took page catalog cruising considered the rarest month hiatus.
- year: After a three year hiatus, Simple Minds are back with a new CD.
- recording: After a five-year recording hiatus Omar the UK soul man is back!
Preposition: in
- activity: The First World War produced a hiatus in the activities of the IPA.
Preposition: of
- year: After a hiatus of fifty years, France had finally allowed the US to build a small, largely symbolic, NATO base.
