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intermittent
[ in-ter-mit-nt ]
adjective
- stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again:
an intermittent pain.
Synonyms: sporadic, interrupted
- alternately functioning and not functioning or alternately functioning properly and improperly.
- (of streams, lakes, or springs) recurrent; showing water only part of the time.
intermittent
/ ˌɪntəˈmɪtənt /
adjective
- occurring occasionally or at regular or irregular intervals; periodic
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Derived Forms
- ˌinterˈmittence, noun
- ˌinterˈmittently, adverb
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Other Words From
- in·ter·mit·tence in·ter·mit·ten·cy noun
- in·ter·mit·tent·ly adverb
- non·in·ter·mit·tence noun
- non·in·ter·mit·tent adjective
- non·in·ter·mit·tent·ness noun
- un·in·ter·mit·tent adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of intermittent1
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Example Sentences
Internet availability was “intermittent” and other forms of communication scarce.
After six months of intermittent interrogations and several lie detector tests, Elahi got off the hook.
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The brazen roar of the cannon is mingled with the intermittent rattle of innumerable machine guns.
After ten days of intermittent suffering, during which the valet had felt no apprehension, he had died suddenly.
Day after day they rode through caons and winding intermittent gullies, shallow basins, and dry washes.
About five minutes afterwards, in some intermittent flash of reason, he found he had got hold of something.
When Dr. Smith arrived, he found him suffering from an attack of intermittent fever, and hastened to render aid.
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