dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/hia_MW.json
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{
"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"
]
}
}