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- Dictionarypause/pôz/
verb
- 1. interrupt action or speech briefly: "she paused, at a loss for words"
noun
- 1. a temporary stop in action or speech: "she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain"
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1. : a temporary stop. 2. a. : a break in a verse. b. : a brief suspension of the voice to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts. 3. : temporary inaction especially as caused by uncertainty : hesitation. 4. a. : the sign denoting a fermata. b.
a short period in which something such as a sound or an activity is stopped before starting again: There will be a brief pause in the proceedings while the piano is moved into place. After a long, awkward pause, someone finally asked a question. She spoke for three quarters of an hour without so much as a pause.
Pause definition: a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action. See examples of PAUSE used in a sentence.
A pause is a short period when you stop doing something before continuing. After a pause Alex said sharply: 'I'm sorry if I've upset you.' Synonyms: stop , break , delay , interval More Synonyms of pause
a short period in which something such as a sound or an activity is stopped before starting again: There will be a brief pause in the proceedings while the piano is moved into place. After a long, awkward pause, someone finally asked a question. She spoke for three quarters of an hour without so much as a pause.
verb. cease an action temporarily. “We pause for station identification” synonyms: break, intermit. see more. verb. interrupt an activity temporarily before continuing. “The speaker paused ” synonyms: hesitate. see more. noun. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
to stop doing something for a short time: She paused for a moment and looked around her. Fewer examples. He paused and then went on with his story. He paused for reflection before answering my question. Try not to pause for too long before you answer their questions. He kept pausing in between sentences.
Define pause. pause synonyms, pause pronunciation, pause translation, English dictionary definition of pause. suspension; interruption; a temporary stop: Put the tape on pause.; a momentary hesitation: He paused frequently during his speech to wait for the applause....
[intransitive] to stop talking or doing something for a short time before continuing. Anita paused for a moment, then said: ‘All right’. The woman spoke almost without pausing for breath (= very quickly). I paused at the door and looked back. Pausing only to pull on a sweater, he ran out of the house. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
paused, pauses, pausing. To cause to be temporarily inactive; briefly stop the action of (an electronic device, audio or video stream, etc.) Webster's New World. To cease or suspend an action temporarily.
