NONSTOP


Meaning of NONSTOP in English

adj. , adv. /non"stop"/ ; n. /non"stop'/ , adj.

1. being without a single stop en route: a nonstop bus; a nonstop flight from New York to Paris.

2. happening, done, or held without a stop or pause or without offering relief or respite: The ambassador faced a nonstop schedule of meetings and interviews during her visit.

adv.

3. without a single stop en route.

4. Informal. without a pause or interruption or without respite; continually: My back ached nonstop for three days.

n.

5. a long-distance airline flight that makes no stops between the starting point and the destination.

[ 1900-05; NON- + STOP ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .