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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.
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- 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 Word 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
Word History and Origins
Word 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
This came as Trump decided to pause elevated rates on almost all countries for 90 days.
Now the firm has entirely paused orders on its website and apps, including for food deliveries and clothes.
The January wildfires that knocked the city back on its heels put many business decisions on pause.
A 90-day pause on higher tariffs affecting dozens of countries is set to expire on 8 July.
Trump has enacted 10% levies on almost all countries importing to the US, after announcing a 90-day pause on higher tariffs.
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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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