What does pause mean?
Definitions for pause
pɔzpause
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word pause.
Princeton's WordNet
pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspensionnoun
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
pauseverb
temporary inactivity
hesitate, pauseverb
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
"The speaker paused"
pause, intermit, breakverb
cease an action temporarily
"We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
Wiktionary
pausenoun
A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
pauseverb
To interrupt current work and do something else for a moment.
Pausenoun
A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something.
Etymology: From pause.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Pausenoun
Etymology: pause, Fr. pausa, low Latin; ϖάυω.
Neither could we ever come to any pause, whereon to rest our assurance this way. Richard Hooker, b. ii. s. 4.
Comes a fellow crying out for help,
And Cassio following with determin’d sword,
To execute upon him; this gentleman
Steps in to Cassio, and intreats his pause. William Shakespeare.Some pause and respite only I require,
Till with my tears I shall have quench’d my fire. John Denham.The punishment must always be rigorously exacted, and the blows by pauses laid on till they reach the mind, and you perceive the signs of a true sorrow. John Locke.
Whilst those exalted to primeval light,
Only perceive some little pause of joys
In those great moments, when their god employs
Their ministry. Matthew Prior.What pause from woe, what hopes of comfort bring
The names of wise or great. Matthew Prior.Our discourse is not kept up in conversation, but falls into more pauses and intervals than in our neighbouring countries. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 133.
Like a man to double business bound,
I stand in pause where I shall first begin,
And both neglect. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.He writes with warmth, which usually neglects method, and those partitions and pauses which men, educated in the schools, observe. John Locke.
To PAUSEverb
Tarry; pause a day or two,
Before you hazard: for in chusing wrong
I lose your company; therefore forbear a while. William Shakespeare.Give me leave to read philosophy.
And, while I pause, serve in your harmony: William Shakespeare.Pausing a while, thus to herself she mus’d. John Milton.
Bear Worcester to death, and Vernon too.
Other offenders we will pause upon. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.Solyman pausing a little upon the matter, the heat of his fury being over, suffered himself to be intreated. Richard Knolles.
What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire,
The pealing organ, and the pausing choir,
And the last words, that dust to dust convey’d! Thomas Tickell.
Wikipedia
Pause
Pause is a single by Jay Dee that was chosen to lead his 2001 album, Welcome 2 Detroit. Besides a grunt and an ad-lib, ("Bounce"), Jay Dee doesn't perform on the song himself, but instead features his friends Frank-N-Dank, who brace the horn-laced track with suitably over-the-top braggadocio. Much of Dank's opening first is later featured in scratches on Dilla's Ruff Draft EP song "Let's Take It Back". The appropriately titled "Featuring Phat Kat" sees his one time fellow 1st Down member Phat Kat on the mic, while Jay Dee provides a subdued, but gritty canvas for him to let loose. The song is also notable for featuring one of Jay Dee's DJ Premier-esque scratch montages.
ChatGPT
pause
A pause is a temporary stop or rest in action, speech, or activity. It can also refer to a break or halt in a sequence or process, often to consider or reassess the situation at hand. This term can also be used in the context of music or drama to represent a moment of silence or reduced activity.
Webster Dictionary
Pausenoun
a temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation
Pausenoun
temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt
Pausenoun
in speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts
Pausenoun
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
Pausenoun
a break or paragraph in writing
Pausenoun
a hold. See 4th Hold, 7
Pausenoun
to make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest
Pausenoun
to be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses
Pausenoun
to hesitate; to hold back; to delay
Pausenoun
to stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect
Pauseverb
to cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively
Wikidata
Pause
Pause is the second album by Four Tet. It was released on 28 May 2001 in the United Kingdom, and on 9 October 2001 in the United States. Pause was Four Tet's first release on Domino Records; his debut album, Dialogue, had been distributed by Output Recordings. A recording of an office setting, most prominently featuring the sounds of typing on a computer keyboard, forms a recurring motif in the album; it both opens and closes the album, and is also present in "Harmony One". Three tracks from Pause were later released in remixed form on Four Tet's Paws EP. The acoustic guitar track "Everything Is Alright" is used as the theme music for the National Public Radio programme On Point. The opening track "Glue of the World" is used in the background of the Six Feet Under episode "Someone Else's Eyes". This same track is used in the House M.D. episode 'Last Resort'. It is played over the top of various scenes from the hospital as the hostages are being released and/or detained. The fourth track entitled "Parks" contains a sample of "After the Snow, The Fragrance" and "Sanzen" both from the album Music for Zen Meditation by jazz clarinetist Tony Scott.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pause
pawz, n. a ceasing: a temporary stop: cessation caused by doubt: suspense: a mark for suspending the voice: (mus.) a mark showing continuance of a note or rest.—v.i. to make a pause.—adjs. Paus′al; Pause′less.—adv. Pause′lessly.—n. Paus′er, one who pauses or deliberates.—adv. Paus′ingly, with pauses: by breaks: deliberately. [Fr.,—L. pausa—Gr. pausis, from pauein, to cause to cease.]
Editors Contribution
pauseverb
Publicly addressing a temporal press association without words adopted from verbs. 1.) a temporary stop in action or speech. A control allowing the temporary interruption of an electronic process, esp. video or audio recording or reproduction. Interrupt action or speech briefly.
I have the ability to pause an irrelevant repeating motion or false statement.
Etymology: Freeze
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on January 26, 2025
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PAUSE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pause is ranked #90113 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Pause surname appeared 205 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pause.
97% or 199 total occurrences were White.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'pause' in Nouns Frequency: #2013
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'pause' in Verbs Frequency: #541
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pause in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pause in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of pause in a Sentence
We are not sure when our pause in advertising will end, just as we are not sure what Facebook will do, or when.
When some people give up on you, and they were just the last persons you thought they would. That would make you pause and think, wouldn't you have felt better if you just have adjusted your abundance..?
But other developments in Iran over the past 12 months gives us pause on why we should not put too much weight on this because there have been rising executions.
An artist on Esperance had once said to me, "Having sex or a domestic quarrel with the house monitors on is like undressing in front of a dog or cat ... it gives you pause the first time, and then you forget about it.
The people will only accept confinement if they're able to eat. Business leaders will only pause activity if they have conditions for financing, i can't ask people to go hungry.
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- توقف, وقفArabic
- přestávka, pauzaCzech
- The translation of "Pause" in Danish is "Pause."Danish
- innehalten, pausieren, PauseGerman
- paŭzoEsperanto
- suspender, interrumpir, pausar, pausaSpanish
- väliaika, katko, tauko, pysähdys, keskeytys, lepoaika, pysähtyä, tauotaFinnish
- pauser, pauseFrench
- אתנחHebrew
- ठहरावHindi
- szünetHungarian
- դադարArmenian
- pausa, mettere in pausaItalian
- 休止, 中断, 途切れるJapanese
- 멈춤Korean
- pertraukti, pauzėLithuanian
- pārtraukt, pārtraukumsLatvian
- okiokiMāori
- pauze, pauzerenDutch
- pauzaPolish
- pausaPortuguese
- pauzăRomanian
- пауза, остановка, делать паузуRussian
- одмор, станка, odmor, stankaSerbo-Croatian
- odmor, pavzaSlovene
- pausa, pausSwedish
- இடைநிறுத்தம்Tamil
- 暂停Chinese
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