Interlude
/ˈɪntərluːd/noun
A short break or period of time in the middle of something.
We will have an interlude for 15 minutes, then continue our meeting.
Often appears as...
- short interlude
- musical interlude
noun
A piece of music, performance, or set of songs performed during a break between the parts of a play, concert, or other entertainment.
During the intermission, the orchestra provided a short interlude of classical pieces.
Often appears as...
- music interlude
- dance interlude
noun
A brief romance or sexual relationship that is not part of a longer one.
During the summer, she had a brief interlude with a local man.
Often appears as...
- romantic interlude
- brief interlude
noun
A short break or period of time in the middle of something.
We will have an interlude for 15 minutes, then continue our meeting.
Often appears as...
- short interlude
- musical interlude
noun
A piece of music, performance, or set of songs performed during a break between the parts of a play, concert, or other entertainment.
During the intermission, the orchestra provided a short interlude of classical pieces.
Often appears as...
- music interlude
- dance interlude
noun
A brief romance or sexual relationship that is not part of a longer one.
During the summer, she had a brief interlude with a local man.
Often appears as...
- romantic interlude
- brief interlude
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Short Duration
An interlude is temporarily brief, separating sections of longer activity.
After a two-hour debate, they took a five-minute interlude.
Pro Tip 2/3Use in Speech
Use 'interlude' to indicate a short pause when speaking to give clarity.
Let's take a brief interlude before we tackle the next topic.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
'Interlude' is usually neutral and doesn't imply the reason for the break.
There will be a 15-minute interlude in the workshop for refreshments.
Compare with
breakbreathergapinterruptionintervalpauserecessrespite
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Is the world getting...
subsisted in extreme poverty. Today, fewer than 10 percent of people do. For most of human history, the powerful states and empires were pretty much always at war with each other, and peace was a mere interlude between wars.
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of her own she's not alone for long her brothers are still ready to show affection it's a peaceful interlude but an increasingly rare one
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I'm gonna take a quick water break I'm gonna show you a video just a little video and interlude
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Is the world getting...
subsisted in extreme poverty. Today, fewer than 10 percent of people do. For most of human history, the powerful states and empires were pretty much always at war with each other, and peace was a mere interlude between wars.
Video examples
Top 5 Tiger Moments PIPE...
of her own she's not alone for long her brothers are still ready to show affection it's a peaceful interlude but an increasingly rare one
Video examples
TED2015 in review PIPE...
I'm gonna take a quick water break I'm gonna show you a video just a little video and interlude
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Sarah Ban Breathnach
American Author
New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.
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Frank Miller
American Artist
It is more raw and unfettered and I'm more likely going into something you could call extreme cartooning. There's a lot of that in the course of 'Holy Terror.' There are interludes where there are pictures - cartoon pictures - of modern figures and they are all wordless. It's up to readers to put the words in.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
After my husband died, I could not write much - I could not concentrate. I was too exhausted most of the time even to contemplate writing. But I did take notes - not for fiction, but for a journal, or diary, of this terrible time. I did not think that I would ever survive this interlude.
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Tycho
American Artist
Conceptually, I've always gravitated towards arrangements that weren't just presenting one idea. I like to look at my songs as having a main part, an interlude, and almost like another song at the end.
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Cybill Shepherd
American Actress
I had the serendipity of modeling during a temporary interlude between Twiggy and Kate Moss, when it was actually okay for women to look as if we ate and enjoyed life.
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MNEK
British Musician
When I wrote 'Paradise,' it was going to be an interlude - like a segue from the song before. Then I just added more to it because everyone loved it.
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Pete Maravich
American Athlete
My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.
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Madlib
American Musician
Prince Paul's one of my teachers. He's always been one of my main inspirations as far as interludes go and getting a little quirky at times.
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Georges Clemenceau
French Leader
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.
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Alan Dershowitz
American Lawyer
I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker.
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Sarah Ban Breathnach
American Author
New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.
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Frank Miller
American Artist
It is more raw and unfettered and I'm more likely going into something you could call extreme cartooning. There's a lot of that in the course of 'Holy Terror.' There are interludes where there are pictures - cartoon pictures - of modern figures and they are all wordless. It's up to readers to put the words in.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
After my husband died, I could not write much - I could not concentrate. I was too exhausted most of the time even to contemplate writing. But I did take notes - not for fiction, but for a journal, or diary, of this terrible time. I did not think that I would ever survive this interlude.
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Tycho
American Artist
Conceptually, I've always gravitated towards arrangements that weren't just presenting one idea. I like to look at my songs as having a main part, an interlude, and almost like another song at the end.
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Cybill Shepherd
American Actress
I had the serendipity of modeling during a temporary interlude between Twiggy and Kate Moss, when it was actually okay for women to look as if we ate and enjoyed life.
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MNEK
British Musician
When I wrote 'Paradise,' it was going to be an interlude - like a segue from the song before. Then I just added more to it because everyone loved it.
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Pete Maravich
American Athlete
My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.
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Madlib
American Musician
Prince Paul's one of my teachers. He's always been one of my main inspirations as far as interludes go and getting a little quirky at times.
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Georges Clemenceau
French Leader
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.
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Alan Dershowitz
American Lawyer
I feel like my 50 years at Harvard were an interlude. I'm really a New Yorker.
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