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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INTERMIT

From Latin intermittere to leave off, from inter- + mittere to send.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERMIT

intermit  [ˌɪntəˈmɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERMIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intermit is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb intermit in English.

WHAT DOES INTERMIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of intermit in the English dictionary

The definition of intermit in the dictionary is to suspend or to be suspended temporarily or at intervals.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INTERMIT

PRESENT

Present
I intermit
you intermit
he/she/it intermits
we intermit
you intermit
they intermit
Present continuous
I am intermitting
you are intermitting
he/she/it is intermitting
we are intermitting
you are intermitting
they are intermitting
Present perfect
I have intermitted
you have intermitted
he/she/it has intermitted
we have intermitted
you have intermitted
they have intermitted
Present perfect continuous
I have been intermitting
you have been intermitting
he/she/it has been intermitting
we have been intermitting
you have been intermitting
they have been intermitting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I intermitted
you intermitted
he/she/it intermitted
we intermitted
you intermitted
they intermitted
Past continuous
I was intermitting
you were intermitting
he/she/it was intermitting
we were intermitting
you were intermitting
they were intermitting
Past perfect
I had intermitted
you had intermitted
he/she/it had intermitted
we had intermitted
you had intermitted
they had intermitted
Past perfect continuous
I had been intermitting
you had been intermitting
he/she/it had been intermitting
we had been intermitting
you had been intermitting
they had been intermitting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will intermit
you will intermit
he/she/it will intermit
we will intermit
you will intermit
they will intermit
Future continuous
I will be intermitting
you will be intermitting
he/she/it will be intermitting
we will be intermitting
you will be intermitting
they will be intermitting
Future perfect
I will have intermitted
you will have intermitted
he/she/it will have intermitted
we will have intermitted
you will have intermitted
they will have intermitted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been intermitting
you will have been intermitting
he/she/it will have been intermitting
we will have been intermitting
you will have been intermitting
they will have been intermitting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would intermit
you would intermit
he/she/it would intermit
we would intermit
you would intermit
they would intermit
Conditional continuous
I would be intermitting
you would be intermitting
he/she/it would be intermitting
we would be intermitting
you would be intermitting
they would be intermitting
Conditional perfect
I would have intermit
you would have intermit
he/she/it would have intermit
we would have intermit
you would have intermit
they would have intermit
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been intermitting
you would have been intermitting
he/she/it would have been intermitting
we would have been intermitting
you would have been intermitting
they would have been intermitting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you intermit
we let´s intermit
you intermit
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to intermit
Past participle
intermitted
Present Participle
intermitting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTERMIT


admit
ədˈmɪt
coadmit
ˌkəʊədˈmɪt
commit
kəˈmɪt
decommit
ˌdi:kəˈmɪt
demit
dɪˈmɪt
emit
ɪˈmɪt
intromit
ˌɪntrəˈmɪt
manumit
ˌmænjʊˈmɪt
omit
əʊˈmɪt
overcommit
ˌəʊvəkəˈmɪt
permit
pəˈmɪt
pretermit
ˌpriːtəˈmɪt
readmit
ˌriːədˈmɪt
recommit
ˌriːkəˈmɪt
reemit
ˌriːɪˈmɪt
remit
rɪˈmɪt
resubmit
ˌriːsəbˈmɪt
retransmit
ˌriːtrænzˈmɪt
submit
səbˈmɪt
transmit
trænzˈmɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERMIT

interminability
interminable
interminableness
interminably
intermingle
intermingled
intermission
intermissive
intermitotic
intermitted
intermittence
intermittency
intermittent
intermittent claudication
intermittent fever
intermittently
intermitter
intermitting
intermittingly
intermittor

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERMIT

building permit
entrance permit
entry permit
exit permit
fishing permit
hermit
learner´s permit
Peter the Hermit
re-entry permit
residence permit
Thermit
work permit

Synonyms and antonyms of intermit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «intermit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERMIT

Find out the translation of intermit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of intermit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intermit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

间歇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intermit
570 millions of speakers

English

intermit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्र्कना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

intermit
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

intermit
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intermitir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাময়িকভাবে থামান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intermittente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bermalam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

intermit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

一時中断する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잠시 멈추다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngalangi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngừng lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடைவிடாமல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंतर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kesilmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intermit
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

intermit
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

intermit
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intermit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

intermit
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afbreek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

INTERMIT
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intermit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intermit

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERMIT»

The term «intermit» is regularly used and occupies the 86.097 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERMIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «intermit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «intermit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intermit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERMIT»

Discover the use of intermit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intermit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Southwest Intertie Project: final environmental impact ...
I 0.5 0.3 0 1 0.5 09 3.2 1.4 0.1 0 5 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.7 ALL OTHER AREAS LEVEL 2 PERENNIAL STREAM LEVEL 3 ALL OTHER AREAS LEVEL 3 ALL OTHER AREAS LEVEL 2 ALL OTHER AREAS LEVEL 3 INTERMIT STREAM LEVEL 3 ALL ...
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Burley District Office, United States. Forest Service. Intermountain Region, 1993
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International Strabismological Association ISA 2002
A: abnormal, NA: not available Table 2. Discordant Monozygotic Twins F: fusion, S: suppression, N: ll0. Twin Age , Phenotype Deviation Deviation Stereo Diameter of Scotoma vi Sex BG No. (D:Zl) " Acuity BOT A intermit , XT 35 35 (-) 20 " F N ...
Jan-Tjeerd de Faber, 2003
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The Teachings of Confucius - Special Edition
While there is anything he has not inquired about, or anything in what he has inquired about which he does not know, he will not intermit his labor. While there is anything which he has not reflected on, or anything in what he has reflected on  ...
Confucius, James H. Ford, 2005
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
[adj. from intermit.] Corn- pot continual. — I reduced Ireland, y iutermissive wars, to a perfect passive Ltfience. Havel. — As though there were any trillion in nature, or juftitiiuns imaginable in pro* Sons, whose subject is under no intermissive but  ...
‎1816
5
A dictionary of practical medicine
Interna. Perniciosaa, &c. 4to. 1756. — P. Senac, De Re- cond. Febr. Intermit tum Remitt. Natura. Amst 8vo. 1759. — Raynal, Sur la M£thode de guerir lea Fiev. Ma - lignes Intermit 4to. Paris, 1763. — GUnx, De Cortice Salicis Albae Cortici ...
‎1833
6
A dictionary of practical medicine: comprising general ...
Intermit, turn Remitt. Natura. Amst. 8vo. 1759.— Raynal, Sur la Methode de guerir les Rev. Mi. Hgnes Intermit. 4to. Farls, 1765. — GUnz, De Cortlce Salicis Alba? Cortici Substituendo. Lips. 1772.— TYsiier, Febr. Intermit. Cito Compescend.
James Copland, 1858
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Chaos in Laser-matter Interactions
This illustrates the intermit tency route to. chaos, a more or less continuous transition from regular to chaotic behavior. Pomeau and Manneville interpreted the behavior shown in Figure 14.1 as follows. For r less than some critical value r there ...
Peter W. Milonni, Mei-Li Shih, Jay R. Ackerhalt, 1987
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
[inter and — We are furnished with an armour from heav'n ; but if we are remiss, or perfuaded to lay bjnour arms, and intermit our guard, we may be surprised. Rogers. (a.) * To Intermit, v. n. To grow mild between the fits or paroxysms. Used of ...
‎1816
9
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
[adj. from intermit.] Com. >sg by fits j not continual.— I reduced Ireland, after so many iritermjffiiie wars, to a perfect passive ooedience. Hoioel.— As though there were any □ -station in nature, or justitiums imaginable in provisions, whose ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
(from intermit.} Coming by fits ; not continual. I reduced Ireland, after so many intermissive wars, to a perfect passive obedience. Hoivel. As though there were any feriation in nature, or justitiums imaginable in professions, whose subject is ...
Samuel Johnson, 1805

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERMIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intermit is used in the context of the following news items.
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The big push for renewable energy in India: What will drive it?
... significant additional and innovative finance; investment in manufacturing capacity, skills, and jobs; and the ability to deal with the intermit- ... «Pulse, Jul 15»
2
Disabled students are being mistreated by this university
As someone who has recently had to intermit whilst I try and fight for a ... to intermit, and who have felt pressured into discharging themselves ... «The Cambridge Student, Jun 15»
3
'Don't tell them there's nothing wrong'
... to monitor intermit tently through the coming year, based on the recommendations of Indoor Air Diagnostics and the Colorado Department of ... «Boulder Weekly, Apr 15»
4
Complete factual safety investigation on MH370
The Malaysia Ministry of Transportation released a full intermit 584-page report on the disappearance of MH 370: "Based on data 'the aircraft ... «eTurboNews, Mar 15»
5
All experiences matter: Intermission: Still degrading?
This doesn't explain why a close friend of mine was forced, by her college, to intermit despite her doctor having written a letter which warned ... «The Cambridge Student, Feb 15»
6
We need to begin talking about stress and anxiety at Oxford
Within a few weeks, she was told that she had no choice but to intermit for a year. Interested in the factors that led to Alex intermitting, I asked ... «Cherwell Online, Feb 15»
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The unfathomable happiness of a 2.ii.
As the story on our front page shows, some colleges have seen as many as one in 10 undergraduates intermit on average in the past three ... «The Cambridge Student, Feb 15»
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“Lowest drop-out rate” figure challenged by new stats
Girton has seen the highest number of students intermit, with 63 students having intermitted in the three academic years since 2011/12, 4.18% ... «The Cambridge Student, Feb 15»
9
Lifeline/ChildLine chief retires
It's not easy work counselling and voluntary testing people in their difficult circumstances, talking to people in their most intermit behaviour, you ... «New Era, Feb 15»
10
Morsch, Emil
Intermit will follow at the Greenup Cemetery in Greenup, IL. Memorials are suggested to Argenta-Oreana Education Association Scholarship ... «Herald & Review, Jan 15»

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