Found 3 items, similar to Pause.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pause
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pause
pause
n 1: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation
of something [syn:
intermission,
break,
interruption,
suspension]
2: temporary inactivity
v 1: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing;
“The
speaker paused” [syn:
hesitate]
2: cease an action temporarily;
“We pause for station
identification”;
“let's break for lunch” [syn:
intermit,
break]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pause
Pause
\Pause\, n. [F., fr. L. pausa. See
Pose.]
1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action;
interruption; suspension; cessation.
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2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence;
doubt.
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I stand in pause where I shall first begin. --Shak.
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3. In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension
of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of
sentences and their parts.
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4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and
nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation
point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
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5. A break or paragraph in writing.
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He writes with warmth, which usually neglects
method, and those partitions and pauses which men
educated in schools observe. --Locke.
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6. (Mus.) A hold. See 4th
Hold, 7.
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Syn: Stop; cessation; suspension.
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Pause
\Pause\, v. t.
To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively. [R.] --Shak.
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Pause
\Pause\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Paused; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pausing.] [Cf. F. pauser, L. pausare. See
Pause, n.,
Pose.]
1. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit
speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
“Tarry,
pause a day or two.” --Shak.
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Pausing while, thus to herself she mused. --Milton.
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2. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
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3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. [R.]
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Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture. --Shak.
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4. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to
reflect. [R.]
“Take time to pause.” --Shak.
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To pause upon, to deliberate concerning. --Shak.
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Syn: To intermit; stop; stay; wait; delay; tarry; hesitate;
demur.
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