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pause  (pôz)

v. paused, paus·ing, paus·es

v.intr.

1. To cease or suspend an action temporarily.

2. To linger; tarry: paused for a while under the huge oak tree.

3. To hesitate: He paused before replying.

v.tr.

To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim: "Once a movie [ordered on demand] begins, it can be paused but not rewound or fast-forwarded" George Judson.

n.

1. A temporary cessation.

2. A delay or suspended reaction, as from uncertainty; a hesitation: After a pause the audience broke into cheers.

3. A break, stop, or rest, often for a calculated purpose or effect: After a dramatic pause, the lawyer finished her summation.

4.

a. Music A sign indicating that a note or rest is to be held.

b. A break or rest in a line of poetry; a caesura.

5. Reason for hesitation: The immensity of the task gives one pause.

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[From Middle English, pause, from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pauein, to stop.]

Synonyms: pause, intermission, recess, respite, suspension
These nouns denote a temporary stop, as in activity: a short pause in the conversation; a concert with a 15-minute intermission; the legislature's summer recess; toiling without respite; a suspension of work.

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pause

Verb

[pausing, paused]

1. to stop doing (something) for a short time

2. to hesitate: she answered him without pausing

Noun

1. a temporary stop or rest in speech or action

2. Music a continuation of a note or rest beyond its normal length

3. give someone pause to cause someone to hesitate: it gave him pause for reflection [Greek pausis]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pause - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something intermission, suspension, interruption, break interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants lapse - a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters" blackout - a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting caesura - a pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued" dead air - an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound delay, postponement, time lag, wait, hold - time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" halftime - an intermission between the first and second half of a game rest period, rest, respite, relief - a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" time-out - a brief suspension of play; "each team has two time-outs left" letup, lull - a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished; "there was never a letup in the noise"
	2.	pause - temporary inactivity inactivity - being inactive; being less active time out, respite, break, recess - a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" falter, faltering, waver, hesitation - the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" intermission - the act of suspending activity temporarily freeze, halt - an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
Verb	1.	pause - interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused" hesitate hem and haw - utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd" scruple - hesitate on moral grounds; "The man scrupled to perjure himself" delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered"
	2.	pause - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" intermit, break cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up - make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" catch one's breath, take a breather, rest, breathe - take a short break from one's activities in order to relax take five - take a break for five minutes; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal" take ten - take a ten minute break; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal"

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pause

verb 1. stop briefly, delay, hesitate, break, wait, rest, halt, cease, interrupt, deliberate, waver, take a break, discontinue, desist, have a breather (informal) << OPPOSITE continue

noun 2. stop, break, delay, interval, hesitation, stay, wait, rest, gap, halt, interruption, respite, lull, stoppage, interlude, cessation, let-up (informal) breathing space, breather (informal) intermission, discontinuance, entr'acte, caesura << OPPOSITE continuance

Translations

pause [pɔːz] n → pausa (= interval); intervalo

vi → hacer una pausa;

to pause for breath → detenerse para tomar aliento

pause [pɔːz] n → pause f, arrêt m;

(Mus) → silence m

vi → faire une pause, s'arrêter;

to pause for breath → reprendre son souffle (fig); faire une pause

pause [pɔːz] n → Pause f

vi → eine Pause machen (= hesitate); innehalten;

to pause for breath → eine Verschnaufpause einlegen

pause [pɔːz] n → pausa

vi → fare una pausa, arrestarsi;

to pause for breath → fermarsi un attimo per riprender fiato

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pause

n pause [poːz]

1 a short stop, break or interval (while doing something) There was a pause in the conversation.pouse, breukتَوَقُّفпаузаpauzapause; opholddie Pauseπαύση, ανάπαυλαpausa, silenciopausمکثtaukopauseהַפסָקָהअल्पविरामzastoj,prekidmegszakításselahlépausa休止(잠깐) 중지, 중단pertrauka, sustojimaspauze, pārtraukumsberhenti sebentarpauze, onderbrekingpause, oppholdprzerwa, pauzapausapauză, întrerupereпаузаprestávkapremorpauzapaus, avbrott, uppehållการหยุดชั่วขณะara, durma暫停перерва, перепочинокوقفہsự tạm nghỉ暂停

2 the act of making a musical note or rest slightly longer than normal, or a mark showing that this is to be done. pouse, wagtydعَلامَة تَوَقُّف، تَوَقُّفферматаkoruna; pauzafermatedie Pauseπαύση (μουσ.)pausafermaatطولانی کردن نتfermaattipoint d'orgue, pauseאֶתנַחתָאयतिpauzakorona (zenében)pause(heilnótu)þögn; þagnarmerkipausa延長(記号)pauzėfermātajedarustpunt, fermatefermatefermatapausapauzăпаузаkorunka; pauzapavzapauzapausปรับโน้ตเพลงให้ยาวขึ้นกว่าปกติara verme, durma延長符號ферматаوقفdấu lặng延长符号

v

to stop talking, working etc for a short time They paused for a cup of tea.stop, ophou werkيَتَوَقَّفспирамudělat (si) přestávkuholde pause; gøre opholdpausierenκάνω παύση, κοντοστέκομαιhacer una pausa, pararvahet pidamaمکث کردنpitää taukofaire une pauseלְהַפסִיקरूकनाstankaszünetet tartberhenti sebentargera hléfare una pausa休む잠깐 쉬다nutilti, sustoti, padaryti pertraukąpārtraukt uz brīdi; taisīt pauziberehat sebentarpauzerenta pausezrobić przerwęparara face o pauzăделать паузу, перерывurobiť si prestávkunarediti premornapraviti pauzuta en pausหยุดชั่วคราวara vermek, durmak中止робити паузу; зупинятисяوقفہ کرنا، تھوڑي دير رکناtạm nghỉ中止