🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

中断する

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ちゅうだんする

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Interrupt/ˌɪn.təˈrʌpt/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女は緊急の電話を受けるために会議を中断しなければならなかった。"

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To stop the continuous progress of an activity or process.

    "She had to interrupt the meeting to take an urgent phone call."
  2. 2

    To break into a conversation or discussion.

    "He often interrupts others when they are speaking."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'interrupt' originates from the Latin 'interrumpere', which means 'to break between'. It evolved through Middle English, reflecting a shift from a physical interruption to a more abstract sense of halting or breaking the continuity of an action or speech.

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