pause

Plural: pauses

Noun

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
• temporary inactivity
• A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
• A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
• Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
• In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
• 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”).

Verb

Verb Forms: paused, pausing, pauses

• To stop temporarily or briefly.
• interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
  • "The speaker paused"
• cease an action temporarily
  • "We pause for station identification"
• 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.
• 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 consider; to reflect.

Intj

• 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.

Examples

• She had to PAUSE her game to rethink her strategy after her opponent blocked her triple word score.
• Teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
• to give pause
• to pause a song, a video, or a computer game
• to take pause
• When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.

Synonyms

break, hesitate, intermission, intermit, interruption, suspension, annual leave, breather, caesura, cessation, day off, demurral, gap, getaway, halt, halting, hiatus, holiday, interregnum, lapse, leave, leave of absence, moratorium, no homo, pause, recess, respite, resting, stoppage, stopping, time away, time off, vac, vaca, vacation, vacay, vacillation, wavering

Antonyms

finish

Related Words

delay, desist

Anagrams of pause