NONSTOP

nonstop, day-and-night, around-the-clock, round-the-clock

(adjective) at all times; “around-the-clock nursing care”

nonstop

(adjective) (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops; “a nonstop flight to Atlanta”

nonstop

(adverb) without stopping; “we are flying nonstop form New York to Tokyo”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nonstop (not comparable)

Without stopping; without interruption or break.

(genetics) Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.

Coordinate terms: missense, nonsense

Adverb

nonstop (not comparable)

Without stopping; without interruption or break

Synonyms

• ceaselessly, endlessly, incessantly; see also continuously

Noun

nonstop (plural nonstops)

(travel) A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.

A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.

(linguistics) A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.

Anagrams

• pontons

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 April 2024

TYPIFY

(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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