What does pause mean?
Definitions for pause
pɔzpause
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word pause.
Princeton's WordNet
pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension(noun)
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
pause(verb)
temporary inactivity
hesitate, pause(verb)
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
"The speaker paused"
pause, intermit, break(verb)
cease an action temporarily
"We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
Wiktionary
pause(Noun)
A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
Etymology: From pause.
pause(Verb)
To interrupt current work and do something else for a moment.
Etymology: From pause.
Pause(Noun)
A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something.
Etymology: From pause.
Webster Dictionary
Pause(noun)
a temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation
Pause(noun)
temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt
Pause(noun)
in speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts
Pause(noun)
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
Pause(noun)
a break or paragraph in writing
Pause(noun)
a hold. See 4th Hold, 7
Pause(noun)
to make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest
Pause(noun)
to be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses
Pause(noun)
to hesitate; to hold back; to delay
Pause(noun)
to stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect
Pause(verb)
to cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively
Freebase
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.]
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
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
The market is taking a pause as it tries to digest mixed reports that give us different ideas of future supply and demand, the OPEC-plus meeting could give us a little direction.
We’d pause for a minute and think about the mess and how it even looks better than it did two months before, it was breathtaking to look at.
We need to take a pause and see what's happening.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Jr.:
It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for our country in return.
There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration.
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Translations for pause
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- وقف, توقفArabic
- přestávka, pauzaCzech
- pausieren, Pause, innehaltenGerman
- paŭzoEsperanto
- interrumpir, pausa, pausar, suspenderSpanish
- pysähdys, väliaika, lepoaika, pysähtyä, tauota, tauko, keskeytys, katkoFinnish
- pause, pauserFrench
- אתנחHebrew
- ठहरावHindi
- szünetHungarian
- դադարArmenian
- pausa, mettere in pausaItalian
- 中断, 休止, 途切れるJapanese
- 멈춤Korean
- pertraukti, pauzėLithuanian
- pārtraukt, pārtraukumsLatvian
- okiokiMāori
- pauze, pauzerenDutch
- pauzaPolish
- pausaPortuguese
- pauzăRomanian
- пауза, делать паузу, остановкаRussian
- stanka, odmor, станка, одморSerbo-Croatian
- odmor, pavzaSlovene
- paus, pausaSwedish
- இடைநிறுத்தம்Tamil
- 暂停Chinese
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