NONSTOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonstop mean? 

• NONSTOP (noun)
  The noun NONSTOP has 1 sense:

1. a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination

  Familiarity information: NONSTOP used as a noun is very rare.

• NONSTOP (adjective)
  The adjective NONSTOP has 2 senses:

1. (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops

2. at all times

  Familiarity information: NONSTOP used as an adjective is rare.

• NONSTOP (adverb)
  The adverb NONSTOP has 1 sense:

1. without stopping

  Familiarity information: NONSTOP used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONSTOP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

nonstop; nonstop flight

Context example:

how many nonstops are there to Dallas?

Hypernyms ("nonstop" is a kind of...):

flight (a scheduled trip by plane between designated airports)

• NONSTOP (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops

Context example:

a nonstop flight to Atlanta

Similar:

direct (direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short)

Sense 2

Meaning:

At all times

Synonyms:

around-the-clock; day-and-night; nonstop; round-the-clock

Context example:

around-the-clock nursing care

Similar:

continuous; uninterrupted (continuing in time or space without interruption)

• NONSTOP (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without stopping

Context example:

we are flying nonstop form New York to Tokyo

 Context examples 

Warmer water first appeared in the bay in 2008, peaked in 2009, and stayed there almost nonstop through 2011.

(Wind, Warm Water Revved Up Melting Antarctic Glaciers, NASA)

Also, by nonstop decay, mRNA surveillance depletes mRNAs that lack in-frame termination codons.

(mRNA Surveillance, NCI Thesaurus)

Easter Island does not have streams that run nonstop but it does have an aquifer that produces freshwater seeps of brackish but drinkable water during low tide.

(Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources, Wikinews)