noun
hiatus
heye-AY-tuhs
noun
1
A gap or interruption in something that would otherwise be continuous.
"The show is going on hiatus after this season."
"There was a five-year hiatus between the band's two albums."
2
A gap or opening, used in technical contexts such as anatomy or geology.
"The esophageal hiatus is the opening in the diaphragm through which the esophagus passes."
How to Use Hiatus
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA pause or break in something — a TV show, a career, a process — with the sense that it will likely resume later.
Common pairings
go on hiatus
a brief hiatus
after a hiatus
Word Forms
hiatus plural, hiatuses plural, hiati plural
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin "hiatus" (an opening), from "hio" meaning "to stand open, yawn."