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View synonyms for stopover

stopover

[ stop-oh-ver ]

noun

  1. a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
  2. such a stop made with the privilege of proceeding later on the ticket originally issued.


stopover

/ ˈstɒpˌəʊvə /

noun

  1. a stopping place on a journey


verb

  1. intr, adverb to make a stopover

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stopover1

First recorded in 1860–65; noun use of verb phrase stop over

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Example Sentences

What was once just a stopover point quickly became a destination in its own right.

After a stopover in Paris—she briefly worked as a subway busker, singing in Arabic for tips—Grout returned to Morocco.

One can travel between almost any two airports in America with, at worst, a single stopover.

The cluster of 770 islands lying 300 miles off South America once served as a stopover for whale and seal hunters.

McCain staffers at the time also said she had visited Ireland, but that was a re-fueling stopover.

Her stopover seemed quite extended already, for a casual visit in the course of a routine patrol cruise.

We can't risk losing that stopover contract on account of some mech joke.

They turn the pages of the big stopover book, hoping a relative or friend had passed through the same town.

A ten-day stay in Hawaii, flying both ways, with a ten-hour stopover in Los Angeles on the way back.

We had a day-long stopover at Sirius Eighteen, and I took a tour of the planet.

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