nonstop

CEFRB1

/ˌnɒnˈstɒp/

adjective · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Continuing without stopping.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.

Examples

  • Are we making a nonstop flight to the U.S.?

  • The party flew nonstop from New York to Paris.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Without stopping; without interruption or break

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.

  2. A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.

More examples

In context

  • He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.

  • There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours.

  • 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From non- + stop.