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Word of the day October 7
The Word of the Day for October 7 is:
hiatus • \hye-AY-tus\ • (noun) 1. a break in or as if in a material object; gap; 2a. an interruption in time or continuity; break; 2b. a period when something (as a program or activity) is suspended or interrupted
A little more information about today’s word:
"Hiatus" comes from "hiare," a Latin verb meaning "to gape" or "to yawn," and first appeared in English in the middle of the 16th century. Originally, the word referred to a gap or opening in something, such as a cave opening in a cliff. Occasionally, it has been used to describe holes in clothing, as when Laurence Sterne wrote in Tristram Shandy of "the hiatus in Phutatorius's breeches." These days, "hiatus" is usually used in a temporal sense to refer to a pause or interruption (as in a song), or a period during which an activity is temporarily suspended (such as a hiatus from teaching).
My sentence (using definition #2b):
After the summer hiatus (during which he mostly put his brain on hold), Tony returned to school ready for some serious studying.
Based on Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 10th Edition.
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