MEANING
To stop, suspend, or interrupt for a time rather than end permanently.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- intermit a practice
- pain intermits
On the page
They intermitted the search until the flood withdrew.
The pain intermitted long enough for her to finish the account.
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Word forms
- Base
- intermit
- Past tense
- intermitted
- Past participle
- intermitted
- Present participle
- intermitting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- intermit
- Present continuous
- am/is/are intermitting
- Present perfect
- have/has intermitted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been intermitting
- Past
- intermitted
- Past continuous
- was/were intermitting
- Past perfect
- had intermitted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been intermitting
- Future
- will intermit
- Future continuous
- will be intermitting
- Future perfect
- will have intermitted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been intermitting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: intermit; intermits; intermitted; intermitted; intermitting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: intermits.
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