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pause
[ pawz ]
noun
- a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
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- a cessation of activity because of doubt or uncertainty; a momentary hesitation.
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- any comparatively brief stop, delay, wait, etc.:
I would like to make a pause in my talk and continue after lunch.
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- 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.
verb (used without object)
- 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.
Synonyms:
- to dwell or linger (usually followed by on or upon ):
to pause upon a particular point.
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pause
/ ɔː /
verb
- 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 calledfermata music a continuation of a note or rest beyond its normal length Usual symbol
- give pause toto cause to hesitate
Derived Forms
- ˈ貹ܲ, adjective
- ˈ貹ܲ, noun
- ˈ貹ܲԲ, nounadjective
Other yvlog Forms
- 貹ܲa adjective
- 貹ܲfܱ adjective
- 貹ܲfܱ·ly adverb
- 貹ܲl adjective
- 貹ܲl·ly adverb
- 貹ܲİ noun
- 貹ܲiԲ· adverb
- ԴDz·貹ܲ noun
- ܲ·貹ܲiԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pause1
Idioms and Phrases
- give pause, to cause to hesitate or be unsure, as from surprise or doubt:
These frightening statistics give us pause.
More idioms and phrases containing pause
see give pause .Example Sentences
That uncertainty is giving even the most loyal MAGA-worlders on Capitol Hill some pause.
In the event of reaching a deal with the US, the consultation with businesses would be paused, he added.
It also asked for a pause in the evidence-gathering process, known as discovery, while that request was considered.
It rose by 134 on Feb. 3 after he “paused” the tariffs for 30 days.
But it remains to be seen whether the pause in hostilities holds – the military stressed it would "respond accordingly" if rebels launched attacks.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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