Definitions for pause

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Spelling: [pawz]

IPA: /pɔz/

Pause is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in pause (aepsu).

Definitions for pause

noun

1. a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action:
2. a cessation of activity because of doubt or uncertainty; a momentary hesitation.
3. any comparatively brief stop, delay, wait, etc.:
4. a break or rest in speaking or reading to emphasize meaning, grammatical relation, metrical division, etc., or in writing or printing by the use of punctuation.
5. Prosody. a break or suspension, as a caesura, in a line of verse.
6. Music. a fermata.

Idioms

1. give pause, to cause to hesitate or be unsure, as from surprise or doubt:

verb (used without object)

1. to make a brief stop or delay; wait; hesitate:
2. to dwell or linger (usually followed by on or upon):

Origin of pause

1400-50; (noun) Middle English Latin pausa Greek paûsis a halt, equivalent to paú(ein) to stop + -sis -sis; (v.) derivative of the noun

Examples for pause

Shall we pause now and turn our back upon the road that lies ahead?

But pause for a second, and look back at what these generations of regulators and lawmakers have created.

It was I think [pause]…a quite evolved relationship, and one that made me very happy.

She looked at me reflectively, and said, after a pause, "Because I see it so."

He did not pause to take in the beauty of that face, only its strength.

When he entered he had only to pause a moment before he had all the details clearly in mind.

I had to pause for sheep crossing the road, which is a common occurrence when driving through the Highlands of Scotland.

Even after the shutting of the door behind the prisoner, the pause endured for some moments.

Meditating could help you pause and think logically before your next big purchase or investment.

After a pause she invited me in with a warm smile, as if I were a neighbor.