interval

CEFRB2

/ˈɪntəvəʊ/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A period between events or activities.

  2. 02

    noun

    A short break during a performance or event.

Examples

  • During the interval, Takashi and Harumi got a drink at the theater bar.

  • The interval between major earthquakes might be 200 years.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɪntɚvəl/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A period of time.

  2. The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).

  3. A distance in space.

More examples

In context

  • There was a two hour's interval to the next train.

  • the interval between contractions during childbirth

  • 'Twixt host and host but narrow space was left, / A dreadful interval.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

There was a short blank between the two acts of the play for the audience to buy drinks.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

noun

From Middle English interval, intervalle, from Old French intervalle, entreval, from Latin intervallum (“space between, interval, distance, interval of time, pause, difference; literally, space between two palisades or walls”), from inter (“between”) + vallum (“palisade, wall”).