onderbreken — meaning in English
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English meaning
- adjourn verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
- disrupt verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
- escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
- interrupt verb To break in on someone who is speaking or on an ongoing action.
- stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
- suspend verb To stop something temporarily, meaning to start it again later.
Senses
onderbreken is used for these senses in English:
- adjourn (transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
- butt in (idiomatic, informal) To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).
- disrupt (transitive) To interrupt or impede.
- escape (computing) To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
- halting Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.
- interrupt (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
- suspend To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
- talk out of turn (idiomatic) To make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so.
adjourn — full definition
- verb To pause or end a meeting, trial, or event, often to resume it later.
- verb To move as a group to another place, especially informally.
disrupt — full definition
- verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
- verb To radically change an industry or market by introducing a better or cheaper way of doing things.