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pause::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hesitate |
| Type of | delay |
| Has types | hem and haw, scruple |
The speaker paused.
pause::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break, intermission, interruption, suspension |
| Type of | interval, time interval |
| Has types | caesura, dead air, delay, respite, blackout, time-out, relief, rest period, rest, halftime, wait, hold, time lag, lapse, letup, lull, postponement |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | inactivity |
| Has types | freeze, faltering, falter, respite, recess, intermission, hesitation, time out, waver, halt, break |
Examples of pause
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A rally that pushed stocks up nearly 7 percent in December took a pause Tuesday.
From the thenewstribune.com
It is a curious pause to what has been a hectic month for the health department.
From the kentucky.com
The grounds on which those efforts are said to be based, however, give us pause.
From the latimes.com
Then a long pause, and the answer from a player seemingly wise beyond his years.
From the thenewstribune.com
I'm sure that only a few pause to ponder the potential of capture and execution.
From the stltoday.com
You have so much right now, you just need to pause long enough to appreciate it.
From the marcandangel.com
Pause now and take a look at the women at work in any sort of position of power.
From the stuff.co.nz
There is no pause in game play and the new area simply opens up in front of you.
From the stuff.co.nz
Viewers will be able to fast-forward, rewind and pause but not record the movie.
From the dailyherald.com
- A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- Hesitate: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
- Cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
- Temporary inactivity
- 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 fermata (also known as a hold, pause, colloquially a birdseye, before the 20th century a corona, or as a grand pause when placed on a note of rest) is an element of musical notation indicating that the note should be sustained for longer than its note value would indicate. ...
- "Pause" was the first single released from Run-D.M.C.'s fifth studio album, Back from Hell. It was released in 1989 alongside Run-D.M.C.'s version of "Ghostbusters" and was produced by Jam Master Jay and Davy D. ...
- The phrase "no homo" is a slang term. It parenthetically asserts that the (male) speaker of such is not homosexual and is usually used before or after an utterance that may have given that impression. ...
- "Pause" is a single by Jay Dee that was chosen to lead his 2001 (see 2001 in music) album, Welcome 2 Detroit. ...
