🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

रोकना

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rokna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Interrupt/ˌɪn.təˈrʌpt/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसे एक जरूरी फोन कॉल लेने के लिए बैठक रोकनी पड़ी।"

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To stop the continuous progress of an activity or process.

    "She had to interrupt the meeting to take an urgent phone call."
  2. 2

    To break into a conversation or discussion.

    "He often interrupts others when they are speaking."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'interrupt' originates from the Latin 'interrumpere', which means 'to break between'. It evolved through Middle English, reflecting a shift from a physical interruption to a more abstract sense of halting or breaking the continuity of an action or speech.

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