1. pause - Noun
2. pause - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe pause for station identification Source: Internet
let's break for lunch Source: Internet
The speaker paused Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet