{
  "hiatus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a break in or as if in a material object : gap":[
        "the weedy hiatus between the town and the railroad",
        "\u2014 Willa Cather",
        "the hiatus between the theory and the practice of the party",
        "\u2014 J. G. Colton"
      ],
      ": a gap or passage in an anatomical part or organ":[],
      ": the occurrence of two vowel sounds without pause or intervening consonantal sound":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The band is making an album again after a five-year hiatus .",
      "steam was rising from an hiatus in the ground",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Consider that while the LPGA took a hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic, Harigae won $2,300 for winning a mini-tour event on the Cactus Tour by 16 shots with a closing 61. \u2014 Beth Ann Nichols, USA TODAY , 6 June 2022",
      "When news broke of Better\u2019s boorish firings, Garg took a month-long hiatus from his duties, returning in mid-January. \u2014 Paige Mcglauflin, Fortune , 2 June 2022",
      "While many spin offs have come from the show, the original Law & Order first aired in 1990, and after a 20 year run, took over a 10 year hiatus before finally returning in 2022. \u2014 al , 19 May 2022",
      "The show opened on March 5, 2020, just a week before theaters shut down for the pandemic; restarted on Oct. 13, 2021; took a three-month hiatus when Omicron hit; and then started for a third time on April 29. \u2014 New York Times , 18 May 2022",
      "No experience bonded them more than when Kerr took a hiatus during the 2017 playoffs to deal with chronic back pain. \u2014 Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle , 9 May 2022",
      "MadeMe\u2019s relaunch comes after Magee, a mother of two (including a newborn), took a hiatus from designing. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Vogue , 28 Apr. 2022",
      "The show took an extended hiatus because of scheduling conflicts on NBC. \u2014 oregonlive , 19 Apr. 2022",
      "Minaj's Carpool Karaoke appearance comes after the popular segment took a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 7 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, from hiare to yawn \u2014 more at yawn":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "h\u012b-\u02c8\u0101-t\u0259s",
      "h\u012b-\u02c8\u0101t-\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "breach",
      "break",
      "discontinuity",
      "gap",
      "gulf",
      "hole",
      "interstice",
      "interval",
      "opening",
      "rent",
      "rift",
      "separation",
      "void"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204554",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}