interval

Other forms of interval

plural

intervals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about interval

What does interval mean?

interval means "a definite length of time marked off by two instants". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in interval?

interval has 3 syllables: in-ter-val. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪntɚvəl/.

What is another word for interval?

Close synonyms include time interval, separation, musical interval. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is interval a common word?

interval is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.