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nonstop

adverb

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noun

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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌnɒnˈstɒp/ / /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/ / /ˌnɔnˈstɔp/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English non- English s- English top English stop English nonstop From non- + stop.

  1. Without stopping; without interruption or break.

    There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours.

    Christmas in Strasbourg and the rest of Alsace is officially feted from the last Saturday in November through Dec. 31 in a month full of nonstop markets, concerts, torch-lighted forest walks, parades, live Nativity scenes, storytelling, theater and public aperitifs.

  2. Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English non- English s- English top English stop English nonstop From non- + stop.

  1. Without stopping; without interruption or break

    He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English non- English s- English top English stop English nonstop From non- + stop.

  1. A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.

    With business-class seats on nonstops from British Airways and Cathay Pacific often priced up to $8,000 round trip, Mr. Exton typically flew cheaper alternatives that saved money but required layovers and plane switches.

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

    [In Hungary:] Most department stores and gift shops are open weekdays 10–5 or 6, Saturday until 1. Grocery stores are generally open weekdays from 7 or 8 am to 7 pm; “nonstops,” or éjjeli-nappali,^([sic]) are open 24 hours.

    There's usually something open on most holidays apart from the evening of 24 December when even the nonstops stop.

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

    Some of these consonants are stops, some are non-stops (continuants, see 11.2); some are voiced, others voiceless. It doesn't therefore look as if these consonants can have anything in common.