PAUSE


Meaning of PAUSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɔ:z ]

( pauses, pausing, paused)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you pause while you are doing something, you stop for a short period and then continue.

‘It’s rather embarrassing,’ he began, and paused...

On leaving, she paused for a moment at the door...

He talked for two hours without pausing for breath.

VERB : V , V , V for n

2.

A pause is a short period when you stop doing something before continuing.

After a pause Alex said sharply: ‘I’m sorry if I’ve upset you’...

N-COUNT

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