pause.
To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
Meaning & usage
To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
To stop (an activity) for a while.
To interrupt an activity and wait.
When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.
To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
to pause a song, a video, or a computer game
To consider; to reflect.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of pausa.
A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
to take pause
to give pause
In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
Teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
A break or paragraph in writing.
A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
Alternative letter-case form of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”).
Where this word comes from
From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of pausa.
Used immediately after a statement to indicate that there was no innuendo or homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a reasonable interpretation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Doublet of pausa.
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