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1. (n.) pause
a temporary stop or rest, esp. in speech or action.
2. pause
a break in speaking or reading to emphasize or clarify meaning, indicated in writing with punctuation.
3. pause
a break or suspension, as a caesura, in a line of verse.
4. (v.i.) pause
to make a brief stop or delay; wait; hesitate.
5. pause
to dwell or linger (usu. fol. by on or upon).
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| Definition of 'Pause' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
2. (verb) pause
temporary inactivity
3. (verb) hesitate, pause
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
"The speaker paused"
4. (verb) pause, intermit, break
cease an action temporarily
"We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
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1. (noun) pause
a short time when sth or sb has stopped
a pause in the fighting/conversation
2. pause
a button that stops a device for a short time
Could you push/press/hit pause?
3. (verb) pause
to stop for a short time
Let's pause for lunch.; He paused briefly, and then continued speaking.
4. pause
to push a button to make a device stop for a short time
Pause the DVD while I make us something to eat.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Pause
a temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation
2. (noun) Pause
temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt
3. (noun) Pause
in speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts
4. (noun) Pause
in writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses
5. (noun) Pause
a break or paragraph in writing
6. (noun) Pause
a hold. See 4th Hold, 7
7. (noun) Pause
to make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest
8. (noun) Pause
to be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses
9. (noun) Pause
to hesitate; to hold back; to delay
10. (noun) Pause
to stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect
11. (verb) Pause
to cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively
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Sense: a short stop, break or interval (while doing something)
There was a pause in the conversation.
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 Afrikaans: pouse, breuk |
 Arabic: تَوَقُّف |
 Bulgarian: пауза |
 Brazilian: pausa |
 Czech: pauza |
 German: die Pause |
 Danish: pause; ophold |
 Greek: παύση, ανάπαυλα |
 Spanish: pausa, silencio |
 Estonian: paus |
 Farsi: مکث |
 Finnish: tauko |
 French: pause |
 Hebrew: הַפסָקָה |
 Hindi: अल्पविराम |
 Croatian: zastoj, prekid |
 Hungarian: megszakítás |
 Indonesian: sela |
 Icelandic: hlé |
 Italian: pausa |
 Japanese: 休止 |
 Korean: 중지 |
 Lithuanian: pertrauka, sustojimas |
 Latvian: pauze, pārtraukums |
 Malay: berhenti sebentar |
 Dutch: pauze, onderbreking |
 Norwegian: pause, opphold |
 Polish: przerwa, pauza |
 Persian: مکث |
 Pashto: درنګ، تامل، سوچ |
 Portuguese: pausa |
 Romanian: pauză, întrerupere |
 Russian: пауза |
 Slovak: prestávka |
 Slovenian: premor |
 Serbian: pauza |
 Swedish: paus, avbrott, uppehåll |
 Thai: การหยุดชั่วขณะ |
 Turkish: ara, durma |
 Taiwanese: 暫停，停頓 |
 Ukrainian: перерва, перепочинок |
 Urdu: وقفہ |
 Vietnamese: sự tạm nghỉ |
 Chinese: 暂停，停顿 |
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