pause

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ brief, momentary, short, slight, small

▪ lengthy, long

▪ frequent

▪ He made frequent pauses to catch his breath.

▪ awkward, uncomfortable

▪ pregnant

▪ dramatic

▪ thoughtful

▪ silent

VERB + PAUSE

▪ take

▪ Shall we take a pause here?

PAUSE + VERB

▪ follow

▪ In the pause that followed, I noticed that he was shaking.

PAUSE + NOUN

▪ button (on a video camera, etc.)

PREPOSITION

▪ after a/the pause

▪ ‘I don't know,’ he said after a long pause.

▪ in a/the pause

▪ Everyone nodded in agreement in the pauses between his sentences.

▪ with a/ the pause

▪ He read very slowly and with frequent pauses.

▪ without a/the pause

▪ She read the whole text without a pause.

▪ pause before

▪ There was a long pause before he spoke again.

▪ pause between

▪ in the pauses between his jokes

▪ pause for

▪ a pause for breath

▪ pause in

▪ during a pause in the conversation
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verb

ADVERB

▪ briefly, (for) a moment, momentarily, (for) a second

▪ She paused a moment and then walked away.

▪ mid-sentence, mid-stride

▪ She paused mid-stride when the doorbell rang.

▪ occasionally

▪ She paused occasionally to smell the flowers.

▪ barely, hardly

▪ He spoke for two hours and barely paused for breath.

▪ deliberately

▪ She paused deliberately, her eyes holding his.

▪ dramatically, meaningfully

▪ expectantly

▪ reflectively, thoughtfully

▪ uncertainly

▪ awkwardly, uncomfortably

PHRASES

▪ pause for breath, pause for thought

▪ pause only long enough to do sth, pause only to do sth

▪ Pausing only to put out her cigarette, she left the room.

▪ pause to consider, look, reflect, etc.

▪ Just pause to think before giving me your answer.

▪ without pausing

▪ Without pausing to knock, she opened the door.

Pause is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cassette, ↑movie, ↑tape

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Synonyms:

Stop, cessation, suspension, interruption, rest, halt, intermission, remission, stoppage, stopping, break, Stop, cease, desist, wait, delay, rest, breathe, stay, break off / Suspense, hesitation, uncertainty, Stop, wait, forbear, delay, tarry, stay, intermit / Break, paragraph (in writing), Hesitate, demur, deliberate, waver, hold back / Point, punctuation-mark

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pause — [ poz ] n. f. • 1360; lat. pausa 1 ♦ Interruption momentanée d une activité, d un travail. ⇒ arrêt, 2. break(anglic.), interruption, suspension. La pause de midi. Fam. La pause( )café (pour prendre le café). ♢ Spécialt Temps de repos interrompant … Encyclopédie Universelle
Pause — Pause, 1) Unterbrechung, Stillstand in Etwas; 2) (Mus.), der Verzug in einem Tonstück, welchen ein Instrument od. mehre machen; 3) Notenzeichen, welches dem Spieler od. Sänger andeutet, diesen Verzug eintreten zu lassen. Die P n sind große u.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
pause — n Pause, recess, respite, lull, intermission are comparable when they mean a temporary cessation especially in action, in activity, or in movement. Pause, though it carries an implication of expected resumption, stresses the fact of stopping… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pause — [pôz] n. [ME pawse < MFr pause < L pausa < Gr pausis, a stopping < pauein, to bring to an end < IE base * paus , to let go > OPrus pausto, wild] 1. a short period of inaction; temporary stop, break, or rest, as in speaking or… … English World dictionary
pause — PAUSE. s. f. Intermission, suspension, cessation d une action, d un mouvement pour quelque temps. Il ne se dit proprement qu en parlant des personnes. Faire une pause, de longues pauses. Il fit deux ou trois pauses en chemin. la procession fit… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
pause — ► NOUN 1) a temporary stop in action or speech. 2) Music a mark ( ) over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount. ► VERB ▪ stop temporarily. ● give pause (or give pause for thought) to Cf. ↑give pause to … English terms dictionary
Pause — Pause, n. [F., fr. L. pausa. See {Pose}.] 1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. [1913 Webster] 2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt. [1913 Webster] I stand in pause… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pause — may refer to a rest, hesitation, or temporary stop.Pause may also refer to: * Rest (music) or fermata; also specifically the whole rest in French usage * The break key on computer keyboards * A requested breakpoint during computer program… … Wikipedia
Pause — Pause, v. t. To cause to stop or rest; used reflexively. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pause [1] — Pause (v. griech. pausis, das »Aufhören«), Ruhepunkt, das zeitweise Aufhören oder Unterbrechen einer Tätigkeit; insbes. bei der Deklamation und im Spiel des Schauspielers das an gewissen Stellen beobachtete Innehalten und namentlich in der Musik… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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