nonstop
part of speech
adjective (nonstop); adverb (nonstop); also spelled «non-stop»
meaning for a pupil
1) Nonstop means without stopping or pausing. tree →
2) A nonstop flight, train or bus goes straight to the end without stopping at any station or airport on the way. tree →
3) (informal) Happening all the time, so much that it feels like it never ends. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life it is used for travel («a nonstop flight to London») and for things that seem endless («nonstop rain», «she talks nonstop»). In maths problems «drove nonstop for 3 hours» means the time counts with no breaks. Phrases: «nonstop flight», «work nonstop», «nonstop fun», «talk nonstop».
examples
- We took a nonstop flight from Sydney to Perth. tree →
- It rained nonstop for the whole camping trip. tree →
- My little brother talked nonstop all the way to Nan's house. tree →
- The train ran nonstop from London to Edinburgh. tree →
- A cyclist rode nonstop for 2 hours at 15 km an hour, so she went 30 km. tree →
- The party was nonstop fun from start to finish. tree →
- The phone rang nonstop after the news came out. tree →
note
Both an adjective (a nonstop flight) and an adverb (it rained nonstop). Spelled «nonstop» (more US) or «non-stop» (more UK); both are correct. In maths, nonstop means no rest stops, so total time equals moving time.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «nonstop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.