noun [C,U]
1 (especially AmE) a short period of time between the parts of a play, film/movie, etc:
Wine was served during the intermission. * (AmE) After intermission, the second band played.
HELPNOTE This meaning is only [U] in AmE. -< BREAK
2 a period of time during which sth stops before continuing again:
This state of affairs lasted without intermission for a hundred years.
