interlude

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/ˈɪntə(ɹ)luːd/

noun 3verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

brief | romantic | peaceful, pleasant

musical

During the concert, there was a brief musical interlude before the main performance began.

PREP

~ between

During the concert, there was a short comedy act between the two orchestral performances.

~ in

After years of studying hard, she enjoyed a pleasant interlude in the countryside before starting her new job.

~ of

After weeks of arguing, the family enjoyed a brief interlude of peace during the holiday dinner.

Definitions

noun

An intervening episode, etc.

An entertainment between the acts of a play.

[O]ur ovvne Statutes […] preciſely prohibit the ſatyricall depraving, traducing, or derogation of the Common Prayer-Booke, and of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in any Enterludes, Playes or Rimes, (in vvhich kinde Playes had been formerly peccant) under ſevere penalties.

A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.

verb

To provide with an interlude.

Jimmy Jam, co-producer of Ms. Jackson’s heavily interluded and influential 1989 album, “Rhythm Nation 1814” (and producer of a forthcoming album by Usher with interludes), also defended them.

To serve as an interlude.

During some brief, interluding, silent pauses in their interview thus far, Pierre had heard a soft, slow, sad, to-and-fro, meditative stepping on the floor above; […]

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noun — a brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the secti

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Wiktionary

Jimmy Jam, co-producer of Ms. Jackson’s heavily interluded and influential 1989 album, “Rhythm Nation 1814” (and producer of a forthcoming album by Usher with interludes), also defended them.

Wiktionary

During some brief, interluding, silent pauses in their interview thus far, Pierre had heard a soft, slow, sad, to-and-fro, meditative stepping on the floor above; […]

Wiktionary

After a brief interlude, Caesar decided to join the army once again and left Rome. While he was sailing across the sea, a group of pirates kidnapped him.

Tatoeba · #4277861

And then we'll hear a Story Interlude about Mark Twain, a famous American writer, and his popular novel, Tom Sawyer.

Tatoeba · #10486808

Democracy will only have been a short interlude in the history of humanity.

Tatoeba · #12236907

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