pause

Definitions

1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
2. A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.
3. To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim: paused the printer to add more paper; paused the DVD with the remote.
4. A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
5. give pause, to cause to hesitate or reconsider, as from surprise or doubt.
6. Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
   figuratively
7. to stop talking, working etc for a short time. They paused for a cup of tea. stop, ophou werk يَتَوَقَّف спирам parar udělat (si) přestávku pausieren holde pause; gøre ophold κάνω παύση, κοντοστέκομαιhacer una pausa, parar vahet pidama مکث کردن pitää tauko faire une pause לְהַפסִיק रूकना stanka szünetet tart berhenti sebentar gera hlé fare una pausa 休む 잠시 중단하다 nutilti, sustoti, padaryti pertrauką pārtraukt uz brīdi; taisīt pauzi berehat sebentar pauzerenta pause zrobić przerwę درنګول parar a ...
   etc
8. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
9. To cease or suspend an action temporarily: She paused in her piano exercises to listen for the baby.
10. A break or paragraph in writing.
11. To hesitate: He paused before replying.
12. A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
13. To linger; tarry: We paused for a while under the huge oak tree.
14. Alternative letter-case form of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”).
    alt-of
15. A break, stop, or rest, often for a calculated purpose or effect: After a dramatic pause, the lawyer finished her summation.
16. Music A sign, such as a fermata, indicating that a note or rest is to be held.
    Music
17. A control mechanism on an audio or video player that halts the playing of a recording and permits playing to be easily resumed from the same point.
18. to cease an action temporarily; stop

Equivalents

37 more languages

العربيةاستراحةالمهلةتوقفوقف+ 1 more

Беларускаяпаўза

Българскимеждучасиепрекъсвампрекъснаспирамспра+ 2 more

Bosanskijedaodmorpauspauzapredahstankavilaодморпаузастанка+ 7 more

Catalàpausapausar

Češtinaablezpauzapomlkapřestávka+ 1 more

Cymraegsaib

Ελληνικάπαύση

Esperantopaŭzipaŭzo

Eestipaus

Suomibreikkihuilatahuilikatkokeskeyttääkeskeytyslepoaikapaussipysähdyspysähtyätaukotauotatauottaaväliaika+ 11 more

Gàidhligstad

Galegopousa

हिन्दीअटकानाठहरनाठहरानारुकनारोकनावक़्फ़ाविरतिविराम+ 5 more

Hrvatskijedaodmorpauspauzapredahstankavilaодморпаузастанка+ 7 more

Magyarszünet

Հայերենդադար

Bahasa Indonesiaberistirahatjeda

Italianomettere in pausapausapause

日本語一時停止中断中断する中止休憩休止切れ目合間待った途切れる+ 7 more

ქართულიპაუზა

ភាសាខ្មែរបង្អង់

한국어멈춤쉼휴게휴지힐링타임+ 2 more

Kurdîjêdapaydosvîla

Latinacaesumdiapsalmaindutiaeintervallumpausa+ 2 more

Македонскипауза

Bahasa Melayujeda

Nederlandspauzepauzeren

Polskipauzapauzowaćprzerwaprzerywaćzacięcie+ 2 more

Portuguêsdescansarpausapausar

Românăpauză

Русскийде́лать па́узуде́лать переры́востановкапаузапереды́шкаперерывсде́лать па́узусде́лать переры́в+ 5 more

Slovenčinaprestávka

Српскиjedaodmorpauspauzapredahstankavilaодморпаузастанка+ 7 more

Svenskabensträckarepauspausavila+ 1 more

Türkçedurdurmakdurmakmolamola vermekpaydosteneffüs+ 3 more

Українськапавзапаузапере́рва

Examples

“If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park⟳, very slowly, and with pauses to draw⟳ breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.”

“to take⟳ pause”

to hesitate

“to give⟳ pause”

to cause to hesitate

“And like⟳ a man to double⟳ buſsines bound, / I ſtand in pauſe where I ſhall firſt beginne, […]”

“The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, said on Sunday he would have⟳ “great pause” about granting a pardon or commutation to Ghislaine Maxwell while another House Republican said it should be considered as part of an effort to obtain⟳ more information about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.”

“Teach⟳ the pupil to mind⟳ the pauses.”

“He [Paul] is full of the Matter⟳ he treats and writes with Warmth, which uſually neglects Method, and thoſe Partitions and Pauſes which Men educated in the Schools of Rhetoricians uſually obſerve.”

CEFR level