PAUSE


Meaning of PAUSE in English

[noun] [C] - a short period in which something such as a sound or an activity is stopped before starting againThere will be a brief pause in the proceedings while the piano is moved into place.After a long, awkward pause someone asked a question.She spoke for three quarters of an a hour without so much as a pause.There followed a pregnant (= filled with meaning) pause in which both knew what the other was thinking but neither knew what to say.(formal) If something gives someone pause it makes them stop and think about what they were doing or intending to do.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.