Nonstop Meaning
/ˌnɒnˈstɒp/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjWithout stopping; without interruption or break.
adjDescribing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.
Sentence Examples
Are we making a nonstop flight to the U.S.?
The party flew nonstop from New York to Paris.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The airline provides ____ service between the two cities with no layovers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The passengers were exhausted after the long ____ flight from London to Sydney.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English non- English s- English top English stop English nonstop From non- + stop.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Christmas in Strasbourg and the rest of Alsace is officially feted from the last Saturday in November through Dec. 31 in a month full of nonstop markets, concerts, torch-lighted forest walks, parades, live Nativity scenes, storytelling, theater and public aperitifs."
— 2004 November 27, Robert V. Camuto, “Old World Holiday: It’s All Marketing”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
"Many earnest consumers on the Right feel so legitimately embattled by the nonstop streaming feed of hate speech and psyoppery directed at them that they think they have no choice but to reconfigure their artistic sensibilities accordingly."
— 2024 June 18, Spencer Klavan, “A Matter of Taste”, in The American Mind:
"With business-class seats on nonstops from British Airways and Cathay Pacific often priced up to $8,000 round trip, Mr. Exton typically flew cheaper alternatives that saved money but required layovers and plane switches."
— 2007 October 14, David Kaufman, “Discounters Are In for the Long Hauls”, in The New York Times:
"[In Hungary:] Most department stores and gift shops are open weekdays 10–5 or 6, Saturday until 1. Grocery stores are generally open weekdays from 7 or 8 am to 7 pm; “nonstops,” or éjjeli-nappali,^([sic]) are open 24 hours."
— 1994, Christopher Billy, editor, Eastern Europe: Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria (Fodor's Travel Guides), New York, NY: Fodor's Travel Publications, →ISBN, page 203:
"There's usually something open on most holidays apart from the evening of 24 December when even the nonstops stop."
— 2003, Time Out Budapest, page 233:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The airline provides ____ service between the two cities with no layovers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The passengers were exhausted after the long ____ flight from London to Sydney.