INTERMIT


Meaning of INTERMIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈmit ]

verb

( -mit·ted ; -mit·ting )

Etymology: Latin intermittere, from inter- + mittere to send

Date: circa 1542

transitive verb

: to cause to cease for a time or at intervals : discontinue

intransitive verb

: to be intermittent

• in·ter·mit·ter noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.