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hiatus

Pronunciation: /hʌɪˈeɪtəs/

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Definition of hiatus

noun (plural hiatuses)

[usually in singular]

a pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity:there was a brief hiatus in the war with France
Prosody & Grammar a break between two vowels coming together but not in the same syllable, as in the ear and cooperate.