nonstop

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Adjective

nonstop (not comparable)

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.

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

   cot en

Translations

• German: ununterbrochen, durchgehend
• Portuguese: sem parar
• Russian: безостано́вочный

Adverb

nonstop (not comparable)

1. Without stopping; without interruption or break

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

Synonyms

• ceaselessly, endlessly, incessantly; see also Thesaurus:continuously

Translations

• German: pausenlos, nonstop
• Russian: непрерывно

Noun

nonstop (plural nonstops)

1. (travel) A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.
2. A convenience store open 24 hours a day.
3. (linguistics) A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.

Translations

• German: Nonstop

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