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- Dictionaryhesitating/ˈhezəˌtādiNG/
adjective
- 1. tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking: "his hesitating delivery"
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Hesitate means to hold back in doubt or indecision, to delay momentarily, or to stammer. See synonyms, examples, word history, and usage of hesitate in a sentence.
Hesitating is the present participle of hesitate, which means to pause before you do or say something, often because you are uncertain or nervous about it. Learn more about the verb form, usage and synonyms of hesitating with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Hesitate means to pause before you do or say something, often because you are uncertain or nervous about it. Learn more about the verb form, the adjective form, and the noun form of hesitate, with examples and translations.
To hesitate is to pause before doing something, often out of concern or worry. If you're playing basketball and have a wide-open shot but don't take it right away, you hesitated. Maybe you felt too much pressure to shoot the ball. When people are nervous or worried, they tend to hesitate. Hesitating while speaking is common.
Hesitating means to pause or wait in uncertainty, to be slow to act, speak, or decide, or to be reluctant. Find the origin, pronunciation, and examples of hesitating and its synonyms in this online dictionary.
Definition of hesitate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Hesitate means to stop or delay because of uncertainty, fear, or reluctance. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, with synonyms and examples from Collins English Dictionary.
