intermission
noun
in·ter·mis·sion
ˌin-tər-ˈmi-shən 
1
: an interval between the parts of an entertainment (such as the acts of a play)
2
: the act of intermitting : the state of being intermitted
intermissionless
adjective
Examples of intermission in a Sentence
We'll return after a brief intermission.
an awkward intermission between speeches
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Rather than three distinct performances, Keenan turned the evening into a three-hour concert mashup that only stopped for a 10-minute intermission.
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 2 June 2025
No, the veteran forward was not eating a Dairy Queen Blizzard in the Florida Panthers’ dressing room during the second intermission of the team’s eventual 6-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 May 2025
At the second intermission, with the Leafs up 4–2, the announcer welcomed a couple of excited children who had won rides on the Zambonis.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Much of Sirens is a slog, despite a reasonably efficient five-hour running time that left me simultaneously relieved and thinking almost everything here would have played better as a 90-minute play without intermission.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
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Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 2 June 2025
No, the veteran forward was not eating a Dairy Queen Blizzard in the Florida Panthers’ dressing room during the second intermission of the team’s eventual 6-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 May 2025
At the second intermission, with the Leafs up 4–2, the announcer welcomed a couple of excited children who had won rides on the Zambonis.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Much of Sirens is a slog, despite a reasonably efficient five-hour running time that left me simultaneously relieved and thinking almost everything here would have played better as a 90-minute play without intermission.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for intermission
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“Intermission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermission. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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intermission
noun
in·ter·mis·sion
ˌint-ər-ˈmish-ən
1
: pause entry 1 sense 1, interruption
work without intermission
2
: a pause or interval between the parts of an entertainment (as the acts of a play)
Medical Definition
intermission
noun
in·ter·mis·sion
ˌint-ər-ˈmish-ən
: the space of time between two paroxysms of a disease compare arrest, cure entry 1 sense 1, remission
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