hiatus
pronunciation
How to pronounce hiatus in British English:
UK [haɪˈeɪtəs]
How to pronounce hiatus in American English:
US [haɪˈetəs]
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- Noun:
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
- a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
Word Origin
- hiatus
- hiatus: see yawn
- hiatus (n.)
- 1560s, "break or opening in a material object," from Latin hiatus "opening, aperture, rupture, gap," from past participle stem of hiare "to gape, stand open" (see yawn (v.)). Sense of "gap or interruption in events, etc." is first recorded 1610s.
Example
- 1. Even a brief hiatus in their supply is intolerable .
- 2. But this brief hiatus came to a dramatic end on friday .
- 3. It is doubtful that the draft bill has enough detail to break the current hiatus in energy investment .
- 4. During his hiatus from painting , mr. zhang is turning to a different medium : bronze .
- 5. But the hiatus might prove troublesome if it forces groups to delay chunks of borrowing until later in the year , leaving them reliant on appetite recovering after the summer .