interrupted
- 1Simple past and past participle of interrupt.
A sudden power outage interrupted the broadcast halfway through.
The meeting was interrupted by an urgent phone call.
Note
One regular -ed spelling does double duty: the simple past (she interrupted him) and the participle behind perfect and passive verbs (has interrupted, was interrupted by a call). Because the verb can also stand without an object, the past works alone too: "Sorry," she interrupted. The participle carries the verb's other meanings as well. A view interrupted by towers is divided, and a processor interrupted by a signal must stop and handle it.
interrupted is a form of interrupt
interrupt, verb: To disturb or halt an ongoing action or process, or the person carrying it out, by suddenly breaking in, especially by speaking. Full entry
- Forms
- interruptinterrupts he/she/itinterrupting -ing forminterrupted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- interrupt → interrupted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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