Meaning

3 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.

    A maverick politician repeatedly interrupted the debate by shouting.

    unterbrechen

    прерыва́тьpreryvátʹ, прерва́тьprervátʹ, обрыва́тьobryvátʹ

    перерива́тиpereryváty, перерва́тиpererváty

  2. (transitive)To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.

    The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

    make a break in

  3. (transitive)To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

    The packet receiver circuit interrupted the microprocessor.

    unterbrechen

    прерыва́тьpreryvátʹ, прерва́тьprervátʹ

Examples

449 sentences
  1. I don't like to be interrupted.

    Мені не подобається, коли мене перебивають.

    ruЯ не люблю, когда меня перебивают.

    deIch lasse mich nicht gern unterbrechen.

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  2. Don't interrupt me while I am talking.

    Не перебивай мене, коли я говорю.

    ruНе перебивай, когда я говорю.

    deUnterbrich mich nicht, während ich spreche.

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  3. Tom started to say something, but Mary interrupted him.

    Том почав щось говорити, але Мері його перебила.

    ruТом начал что-то говорить, но Мэри его перебила.

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  4. I hate to interrupt you, but I need to say something.

    Я не хочу вас перебивати, але мені потрібно щось сказати.

    ruЯ очень не хочу вас прерывать, но мне нужно кое-что сказать.

    deIch unterbreche Sie nicht gerne, aber ich muss etwas sagen.

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  5. Why do you interrupt me all the time?

    Чому ти мене весь час перебиваєш?

    ruТы чего меня всё время перебиваешь?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action:
Русский
By meaning 1
to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action:

Origin

From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interr

From Middle English interrupten, derived from Latin interruptus, past participle of interrumpere (“to break apart/off, interrupt”), from inter (“between”) + rumpere (“to break”).

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Forms

interrupts, interrupting, interrupted, interrupted
Base forminterrupt · to interrupt
3rd person singularinterrupts
Present participleinterrupting
Past simpleinterrupted
Past participleinterrupted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinterrupt
he, she, itinterrupts

Past simpleLesson

all personsinterrupted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave interrupted
he, she, ithas interrupted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill interrupt

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • polite to interrupt
  • not interrupting anything
  • mean to interrupt
  • being being interrupted
  • want to interrupt
  • interrupting anything
  • kept interrupting
  • was interrupted by
  • to be interrupted
  • interrupting something

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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