Hiatus

Quick meaning: Hiatus is a noun meaning A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

Meaning

A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

More Meanings

1. An interruption, break, pause or absence.
2. An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
3. (geology) A gap in geological strata.
4. (anatomy) An opening in an organ.
5. (prosody, phonetics, sometimes uncountable) A syllable break between two vowels, without an intervening consonant.

Example Sentences

The band decided to go on hiatus, citing creative differences.

After a ten-year dividend hiatus, shareholder payments only re-started in July 2022.

Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.

It is wonderful that you should have slipped back into your American life so easily after your English hiatus.

Word Forms

• hiatuses
• hiati

Synonyms for hiatus

Depending on context, synonyms include break, breather, moratorium, recess, cessation, demurral.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include suspension, respite, abatement, reprieve, pause, stoppage.

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