INTERMITTENT


Meaning of INTERMITTENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪntə(r)mɪt(ə)nt ]

Something that is intermittent happens occasionally rather than continuously.

After three hours of intermittent rain, the game was abandoned.

= sporadic

ADJ

• inter‧mit‧tent‧ly

The talks went on intermittently for three years.

ADV : usu ADV with v

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