nonstop.
Without stopping; without interruption or break.
Meaning & usage
Without stopping; without interruption or break.
There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours.
Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.
Where this word comes from
From non- + stop.
Without stopping; without interruption or break
He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.
Where this word comes from
From non- + stop.
A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.
A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.
A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.
Where this word comes from
From non- + stop.
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