A PREGNANT PAUSE / SILENCE

Meaning of A PREGNANT PAUSE / SILENCE in English

an occasion when nobody speaks, although people are aware that there are feelings or thoughts to express

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SILENCE — I. ˈsīlən(t)s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin silentium, from silent-, silens silent 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PREGNANT — I. ˈpregnənt adjective Etymology: Middle English preignant, from Middle French, from present participle of preindre to press, from Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAUSE — I. ˈpȯz noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pause, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pauein to stop …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SILENCE — (interj.) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
Английский словарь Webster
PREGNANT — (n.) A pregnant woman.
Английский словарь Webster
PREGNANT — (a.) Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth.
Английский словарь Webster
PREGNANT — (a.) Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies.
Английский словарь Webster
SILENCE — ( interj. ) Be silent; -- used elliptically for let there be silence, or keep silence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PREGNANT — ( n. ) A pregnant woman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PREGNANT — ( a. ) Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PREGNANT — ( a. ) Full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.; as, a pregnant youth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SILENCE — /suy"leuhns/ , n. , v. , silenced, silencing , interj. n. 1. absence of any sound or noise; stillness. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PREGNANT — pregnant 1 — pregnantly , adv. — pregnantness , n. /preg"neuhnt/ , adj. 1. having a child or other offspring …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PAUSE — — pausal , adj. — pauseful , adj. — pausefully , adv. — pauseless , adj. — pauselessly , adv. …
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SILENCE — I. ˈsī-lən(t)s noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin silentium, from silent-, silens Date: 13th century 1. : forbearance …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PAUSE — I. ˈpȯz noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pauein to stop Date: 15th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PREGNANT — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin praegnant-, praegnans carrying a fetus, alteration of praegnas, from prae- pre- + -gnas (akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SILENCE — noun absence of mention; oblivion. 2. silence ·vt to put to rest; to quiet. 3. silence ·noun secrecy; as, these …
Webster English vocab
PREGNANT — noun a pregnant woman. 2. pregnant ·adj affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt. 3. pregnant ·adj full of promise; …
Webster English vocab
PAUSE — noun a hold. ·see 4th hold, 7. 2. pause ·noun a break or paragraph in writing. 3. pause ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
SILENCE — [si.lence] n [ME, fr. OF, fr. L silentium, fr. silent-, silens] (13c) 1: forbearance from speech or noise: muteness--often used …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PREGNANT — [preg.nant] adj [ME preignant, fr. MF, fr. prp. of preindre to press, fr. L premere--more at press] (14c) archaic: cogent …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PAUSE — [pause] n [ME, fr. L pausa, fr. Gk pausis, fr. pauein to stop] (15c) 1: a temporary stop 2. a: …
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PREGNANT — pregnant BrE AmE ˈpreɡ nənt ▷ pregnant|ly li
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PAUSE — pause BrE AmE pɔːz pɑːz ▷ paused pɔːzd pɑːzd ▷ pauses ˈpɔːz ɪz -əz ˈpɑːz- ▷ pausing ˈpɔːz ɪŋ ˈpɑːz-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SILENCE — / ˈsaɪləns; NAmE / noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun 1. [ U ] a complete lack of noise …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PREGNANT — / ˈpregnənt; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of a woman or female animal ) having a baby or young animal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAUSE — / pɔːz; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [ v ] to stop talking or doing sth for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SILENCE — I. si ‧ lence 1 W2 /ˈsaɪləns/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ silence , ↑ silencer …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PREGNANT — preg ‧ nant S3 /ˈpreɡnənt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: praegnans , from praegnas …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PAUSE — I. pause 1 W3 /pɔːz $ pɒːz/ BrE AmE verb 1 . [intransitive] to stop speaking or doing something for …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SILENCE — n. & v. --n. 1 absence of sound. 2 abstinence from speech or noise. 3 the avoidance of mentioning a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PREGNANT — adj. 1 (of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus. 2 full of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PAUSE — n. & v. --n. 1 an interval of inaction, esp. when due to hesitation; a temporary stop. 2 a break …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SILENCE — n. & v. n. 1 absence of sound. 2 abstinence from speech or noise. 3 the avoidance of mentioning a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PREGNANT — adj. 1 (of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus. 2 full of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PAUSE — n. & v. n. 1 an interval of inaction, esp. when due to hesitation; a temporary stop. 2 a break …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SILENCE — n. & v. --n. 1. absence of sound. 2 abstinence from speech or noise. 3 the avoidance of mentioning a …
Oxford English vocab
PREGNANT — adj.1 (of a woman or female animal) having a child or young developing in the uterus. 2 full of meaning; …
Oxford English vocab
PAUSE — n. & v. --n. 1. an interval of inaction, esp. when due to hesitation; a temporary stop. 2 a break …
Oxford English vocab
SILENCE — ( silences, silencing, silenced) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If there …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PREGNANT — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If a woman or female animal …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAUSE — ( pauses, pausing, paused) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SILENCE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brief silence ▪ After a brief silence, she made another suggestion. a deathly …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PREGNANT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PAUSE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brief pause ▪ There was a brief pause before he replied. long silence/pause/delay …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SILENCE — (NO SPEAKING) [noun] [U] - a state of not speaking or writing or making a noiseHer silence on/about what had …
Cambridge English vocab
PREGNANT — (FEMALE) [adjective] [not gradable] - (of a woman and some female animals) having young developing inside the wombShe's five and …
Cambridge English vocab
PAUSE — [noun] [C] - a short period in which something such as a sound or an activity is stopped before starting …
Cambridge English vocab
SILENCE — Synonyms and related words : answer, answer conclusively, argue down, asphyxiate, ataraxia, ataraxy, blow to pieces, blow up, blunt, bottle …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SILENCE — To silence a man; to knock him down, or stun him. Silence in the court, the cat is pissing; a …
Slang English vocab
PREGNANT — adj. Function: adjective 1 containing unborn young within the body FF1C; she was pregnant with her second child FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SILENCE — I. noun 1. absence of sound or noise the heavy silence of the night Synonyms: noiselessness, quiet, quietness, quietude, soundlessness, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PREGNANT — adjective 1. containing unborn young within the body she was pregnant with her second child Synonyms: big, childing, enceinte, expectant, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SILENCE — I. noun 1 quietness ADJECTIVE ▪ lengthy , long , prolonged ▪ brief , momentary , a moment's , short …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PAUSE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief , momentary , short , slight , small ▪ lengthy , long ▪ frequent ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PAUSE — INDEX: 1. to stop doing something for a short time before continuing 2. to stop doing something in order to …
Longman Activator English vocab
SILENCE — n. 25B6; noun the silence of the night : QUIETNESS, quiet, quietude, still, stillness, hush, tranquillity, noiselessness, soundlessness, peacefulness, peace …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PREGNANT — adj. 25B6; adjective she is heavily pregnant : EXPECTING A BABY, expectant, carrying a child; informal expecting, in the family …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SILENCE — n. 1 quiet, quietness, stillness, soundlessness, noiselessness, calm, calmness, hush, quietude, tranquillity, peace, peacefulness, serenity The silence was so complete …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PREGNANT — adj. 1 gravid, parturient, expectant, (heavy) with child, enceinte, Colloq expecting, in a family way, Brit preggers, Slang having a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SILENCE — 1. сущ. 1) молчание; безмолвие, тишина in silence ≈ в тишине to impose, put to silence ≈ заставить замолчать awkward …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PREGNANT — прил. 1) беременная She stopped smoking when she became pregnant. ≈ Она бросила курить, когда стала беременной. She was heavily …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PAUSE — 1. сущ. 1) пауза, перерыв; остановка; интервал, промежуток There was a long pause before the preacher spoke again. ≈ Была …
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