1. plural of intermission; breaks or pauses in activities, especially between acts of a play or parts of a performance

Examples

• The theater scheduled two intermissions during the long opera.
• Students used the intermissions between classes to grab snacks.
• The concert had brief intermissions between each movement.
• During intermissions, the audience could stretch and visit the lobby.
• The movie theater no longer shows films with intermissions.
• Brief intermissions allowed the actors to change costumes.