pause
Speech parts
1. pause - Noun
2. pause - Verb
Meaning
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
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.
A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.
To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
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We pause for station identification
let's break for lunch
The speaker paused
A bevy of sensors give the C-Start Smart Switch ample utility, but a high price tag ($75 at launch) and questionable design aesthetic will give some pause.
According to lawyers, ICE officials in at least two field offices said last week that they would pause detainee transfers but didn’t follow through.
A chance to push for policies that would improve the competitiveness of poorer countries was passed over in favor of simply allowing government to pause their debt payments.