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Definitions for Pause

[1] a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
[2] a cessation of activity because of doubt or uncertainty; a momentary hesitation.
[3] any comparatively brief stop, delay, wait, etc.: I would like to make a pause in my talk and continue after lunch.
[4] a break or rest in speaking or reading to emphasize meaning, grammatical relation, metrical division, etc., or in writing or printing by the use of punctuation.
[5] Prosody . a break or suspension, as a caesura, in a line of verse.
[6] Music . a fermata.
[7] to make a brief stop or delay; wait; hesitate: He paused at the edge of the pool for a moment. I'll pause in my lecture so we can all get some coffee.
[8] to dwell or linger (usually followed by on or upon ): to pause upon a particular point.
[9] give pause , to cause to hesitate or be unsure, as from surprise or doubt: These frightening statistics give us pause.
[10] to cease an action temporarily; stop
[11] to hesitate; delay she replied without pausing
[12] a temporary stop or rest, esp in speech or action; short break
[13] prosody another word for caesura
[14] Also called: fermata music a continuation of a note or rest beyond its normal length Usual symbol:
[15] give pause to to cause to hesitate

Words related to Pause

recess, interruption, hesitation, halt, intermission, stoppage, lapse, interval, hiatus, interlude, layoff, letup, respite, suspension, hitch, lull, interrupt, hesitate, waver, shake

Words nearby Pause

paupiette, paur, pauraque, pauropod, pausanias, pause, pautrier's microabscess, pav, pavage, pavane, pavarotti

Origin of Pause

1400–50; (noun) Middle English < Latin pausa < Greek paûsis a halt, equivalent to paú(ein ) to stop + -sis -sis; (v.) derivative of the noun

Words that may be confused with Pause

pause, paws, pores, pours

Other words from Pause

paus·al , adjective
pause·ful , adjective
pause·ful·ly , adverb
pause·less , adjective
pause·less·ly , adverb
paus·er , noun
paus·ing·ly , adverb
non·pause , noun
un·paus·ing , adjective

Word origin for Pause

C15: from Latin pausa pause, from Greek pausis, from pauein to halt

Synonyms for Pause

breathing space, halt, hesitation, hiatus, hitch, interlude, intermission, interruption, interval, lapse, layoff, letup, lull, recess, respite, stoppage, suspension, abeyance, break, caesura, cessation, comma, cutoff, deadlock, discontinuance, downtime, freeze, gap, gridlock, hesitancy, hush, interim, interregnum, lacuna, rest, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stopover, break-off, breathing spell, coffee break, happy hour, pausation, rest period, time out