PAUSE


Meaning of PAUSE in English

I. ˈpȯz noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English pause, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pauein to stop + -sis; akin to Greek paula rest and perhaps to Old Slavic pustŭ waste, desert

1. : a temporary stop : intermission of movement or speech : brief cessation : respite

there is often value in a pause followed by a fresh start — Leslie Rees

came to a pause , frowning in concentration — T.S.Stribling

2.

a. : a break in a verse

b. : a brief suspension of the voice to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts

have opened up a new dimension of grammar by listening to its intonations, stresses, and pauses — Richard Braddock

3. : temporary inaction often caused by doubt or uncertainty

had my moments of anxious pause — W.A.White

4.

a. : rest I 5

b. : fermata 2

c. : a break or paragraph in writing

d. : a pausal stop or intermission in speaking (as in Hebrew)

e. : the form taken by a word or vowel when occurring before a pausal stop (as in Hebrew)

5. : a reason for pausing

a thought that should give tremendous pause — Alistair Cooke

II. verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: probably from Late Latin pausare to stop, rest, from Latin pausa pause

intransitive verb

1.

a. : to cease for a time : refrain from acting or speaking for a brief interval : stop temporarily

people seemed to pause , listening for a message — Sylvia Berkman

b. : to become silent : wait silently

I pause for a reply — Shakespeare

2. : to hold for a time : linger — used with on or upon

the singer paused on the high note

paused upon the threshold to survey the room

3. : to stop to consider before proceeding : hesitate

one ought also to pause and ponder seriously — Lionel Whitby

paused thoughtfully for perhaps two seconds before she consented — G.B.Shaw

4. : to delay before going on : remain , stay , tarry

here hikers pause to rest — American Guide Series: Connecticut

the expedition had to pause while barges were built — R.A.Billington

transitive verb

: to cause to cease or rest

bad times before … had but paused him in his climb — Adrian Bell

III. transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: origin unknown

dialect England : kick

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