PAUSE
\pˈɔːz], \pˈɔːz], \p_ˈɔː_z]\
Definitions of PAUSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
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cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
By Princeton University
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a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
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cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
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In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
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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.
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A break or paragraph in writing.
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A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
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To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
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To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
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To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
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To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.
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To cause to stop or rest; - used reflexively.
By Oddity Software
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Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
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In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
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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.
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A break or paragraph in writing.
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A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
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To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
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To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
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To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
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To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.
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To cause to stop or rest; - used reflexively.
By Noah Webster.
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A temporary stop or rest; a brief ceasing of action; interruption; hesitation; a break in speaking; a break in writing indicated by a punctuation mark; a mark in music over or under a note or rest to show that it is to be prolonged.
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To make a short stop; wait; hesitate.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A ceasing: a temporary stop: cessation caused by doubt: suspense: a mark for suspending the voice: (music) a mark showing continuance of a note or rest.
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To make a pause.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To stop; hold back; delay; linger.
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A cessation or intermission of action.
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A holding back; hesitation.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin, Greek] A temporary stop or rest; cessation;—suspense; hesitation;—a mark of cessation or intermission of the voice; a point;—a break in writing; paragraph;—a character, placed over a note or rest, to indicate that the tone or the silence is to be prolonged beyond the regular tie; a hold.
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