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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pause /pɔz/USA pronunciation n., v., paused, paus•ing. n. [countable] - a temporary stop or rest:After a brief pause, he resumed his speech.
v. [no object] - to make a brief stop or delay:The pilot paused, then dove toward the target.
Idioms- Idioms give pause, to cause to hesitate or reconsider, as from surprise or doubt: [give + object + pause]The presence of the bodyguards and their two machine guns gave him pause.[~ + pause + to + object]The bitter cold gave pause to even the most curious onlooker.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pause (pôz),USA pronunciation n., v., paused, paus•ing. n. - a temporary stop or rest, esp. 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.
- Poetry[Pros.]a break or suspension, as a caesura, in a line of verse.
- Music and Dancea fermata.
- Idioms give pause, to cause to hesitate or be unsure, as from surprise or doubt:These frightening statistics give us pause.
v.i. - 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 fol. by on or upon):to pause upon a particular point.
- Greek paûsis a halt, equivalent. to paú(ein) to stop + -sis -sis; (verb, verbal) derivative of the noun, nominal
- Latin pausa
- (noun, nominal) Middle English 1400–50
- 1–3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged suspension, interruption, break, halt; hiatus, lacuna.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rest.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tarry, delay.
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