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noun a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
a cessation of activity because of doubt or uncertainty; a momentary hesitation.
any comparatively brief stop, delay, wait, etc.: I would like to make a pause in my talk and continue after lunch.
a break or rest in speaking or reading to emphasize meaning, grammatical relation, metrical division, etc., or in writing or printing by the use of punctuation.
Prosody . a break or suspension, as a caesura, in a line of verse.
Music . a fermata.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used without object), paused, paus·ing. to make a brief stop or delay; wait; hesitate: He paused at the edge of the pool for a moment. I'll pause in my lecture so we can all get some coffee.
to dwell or linger (usually followed by on or upon ): to pause upon a particular point.
Idioms for pausegive pause , to cause to hesitate or be unsure, as from surprise or doubt: These frightening statistics give us pause.
Origin of pause 1400–50; (noun) Middle English <Latin pausa <Greek paûsis a halt, equivalent to paú (ein ) to stop + -sis -sis; (v.) derivative of the noun
SYNONYMS FOR pause 1-3 suspension, interruption, break, halt; hiatus, lacuna.
7 rest.
8 tarry, delay.
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OTHER WORDS FROM pause pausal, adjective pauseful, adjective pause·ful·ly, adverb pauseless, adjective
pause·less·ly, adverb pauser, noun paus·ing·ly, adverb non·pause, noun un·paus·ing, adjective
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pause pause , paws, pores, poursWords nearby pause paupiette, Paur, pauraque, pauropod, Pausanias, pause , Pautrier's microabscess, pav, pavage, pavane, Pavarotti
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To this, after a pause , Mollie said: She is very charming; Clive finds her very charming.
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"She has a strange assortment of alte Schachteln here," he said, after a pause during which his thoughts were rosy.
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"I am not nearly as low-spirited as I was," she said after a pause .
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There is a pause at the end of each verse until the chairman starts the company on the next.
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There was a pause , a thrilling, intense pause ; and then the confusion of voices.
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British Dictionary definitions for pause verb (intr) to cease an action temporarily; stop
to hesitate; delay she replied without pausing
noun a temporary stop or rest, esp in speech or action; short break
prosody another word for caesura
Also called: fermata music a continuation of a note or rest beyond its normal length Usual symbol:
give pause to to cause to hesitate
Derived forms of pause pausal , adjective pauser , noun pausing , noun , adjective Word Origin for pause C15: from Latin pausa pause, from Greek pausis, from pauein to halt
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Words related to pause recess, interruption, breathing space, hesitation, halt, intermission, stoppage, lapse, interval, hiatus, interlude, layoff, letup, respite, suspension, hitch, lull, interrupt, hesitate, waver
Medical definitions for pause n. A temporary stop or cessation.
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