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# intermittent

«intermittent» in Mova's school dictionary: **Stopping and starting again and again; not continuous** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (intermittent)

### meaning for a pupil

Stopping and starting again and again; not continuous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermittent/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In weather forecasts (intermittent rain), science, and everyday life (an intermittent fault). Phrases: intermittent rain, intermittent showers, intermittent signal.

### examples

- The forecast is for intermittent rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermittent/#x1)
- We had an intermittent Wi-Fi signal in the caravan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermittent/#x2)
- There was an intermittent beeping from the smoke alarm, so we changed the battery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermittent/#x3)
- Intermittent showers stopped the cricket match several times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermittent/#x4)
- His cough was intermittent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermittent/#x5)
- The streetlight has an intermittent fault. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermittent/#x6)

### note

Adverb: intermittently. Opposite: continuous, constant. Smoke alarm beeping every so often usually means the battery is low.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intermittent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intermittent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.