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nonstop.

Without stopping; without interruption or break.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌnɒnˈstɒp/Received-Pronunciation/ˌnɑnˈstɑp/General-American, dialectal/ˌnɒnˈstɒp/Canada, dialectal/ˌnɔnˈstɔp/Australia
  1. Without stopping; without interruption or break.

    not-comparable
    There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours.
  2. Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From non- + stop.

adv/ˌnɒnˈstɒp/Received-Pronunciation/ˌnɑnˈstɑp/General-American, dialectal/ˌnɒnˈstɒp/Canada, dialectal/ˌnɔnˈstɔp/Australia
  1. Without stopping; without interruption or break

    not-comparable
    He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.
Where this word comes from

From non- + stop.

noun/ˌnɒnˈstɒp/Received-Pronunciation/ˌnɑnˈstɑp/General-American, dialectal/ˌnɒnˈstɒp/Canada, dialectal/ˌnɔnˈstɔp/Australia
  1. A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.

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

  3. A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.

Where this word comes from

From non- + stop.

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