interlude
[noun]
Synonyms: interval, break, breathing space, delay, hiatus, intermission, pause, respite, rest, spell, stoppage

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Related Words: breather, lull, pause, respite, rest, episode, idyll, meantime, meanwhile, spell, entr'acte

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧ter‧lude /ˈɪntəluːd $ -ər-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: interludium, from Latin ludus 'play']

1. a period of time between two events or situations, during which something different happens:
a brief interlude of peace before a return to the battlefield

2. a short period of time between the parts of a play, concert etc Synonym : intermission

3. a short piece of music, talk etc used to fill such a period

4. a short romantic or sexual meeting or relationship:
a romantic interlude

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

interlude
noun
ADJ. brief | romantic | peaceful, pleasant | musical a musical interlude between two the acts of the play
PREP. ~ between a peaceful interlude between periods of intense activity
~ in He'd had two romantic interludes in a rather lonely life.
~ of interludes of calm

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