Pause
[pɔːz] or [pɔz]
Definition
(noun.) temporary inactivity.
(noun.) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something.
(verb.) cease an action temporarily; 'We pause for station identification'; 'let's break for lunch'.
Inputed by Errol--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
(n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
(n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
(n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
(n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
(n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
(n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
(n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.
(v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
Inputed by Betty
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Stop, cessation, suspension, interruption, rest, halt, intermission, remission, stoppage, stopping, break, CÆSURA.[2]. Point, punctuation mark.
v. n. [1]. Stop, cease, desist, wait, delay, rest, breathe, stay, break off.[2]. Hesitate, demur, deliberate, waver.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cease, suspend, intermit, forbear, stay, wait, hesitate, demur, stop, desist
ANT:Continue, proceed, advance, persist, persevere
SYN:Stop, cessation, suspension, halt, intermission, rest
ANT:Continuance, advancement, perseverance
Checked by Casey
Definition
n. a ceasing: a temporary stop: cessation caused by doubt: suspense: a mark for suspending the voice: (mus.) a mark showing continuance of a note or rest.—v.i. to make a pause.—adjs. Paus′al; Pause′less.—adv. Pause′lessly.—n. Paus′er one who pauses or deliberates.—adv. Paus′ingly with pauses: by breaks: deliberately.
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Examples
- At length, after a short pause, Miss Crawford began with, So you are to be a clergyman, Mr. Bertram. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Yet one sound made them pause. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He bent down so low to frown at his boots, that he was able to rub the calves of his legs in the pause he made. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Another pause therefore of many minutes' duration, succeeded this speech, and Lucy was still the first to end it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Again he was silent, and after a pause turned to me laughingly. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In ordinary talk they might have passed unheeded; but following on her prolonged pause they acquired a special meaning. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Caliphronas, as I have told you, is a scamp, and will pause at nothing to gratify his own desire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I advanced; then paused by the crib side: my hand was on the curtain, but I preferred speaking before I withdrew it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- At these latter words the girl shivered again, and for a moment paused in her rowing, seeming to turn deadly faint. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Pickwick paused, and looked steadily on Mr. Winkle, who quailed beneath his leader's searching glance. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He paused for a few seconds, and added in a voice broken by emotion, 'You have loved her from a child, my friend. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She paused for this announcement to produce its effect. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She paused, and went on, dropping her glance from Lily's: He wouldn't stay with her ten minutes if he KNEW---- Knew----? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He had the faith of the one, the doubt of the other, and, drawn strongly either way by these opposing forces, paused irresolutely between the two. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I wonder, he said to himself, pausing for a moment in the shadowy avenue,—I wonder if my uncle is still alive. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- What now, after pausing a momentyour poor sister is gone to her own room, I suppose, to moan by herself. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Of course he will,' said Mr. Jingle pausing--'outrageous. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The pausing in a fight to bow when bouquets are thrown to him is also in bad taste. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I understood it was another name,' said Mr Boffin, pausing, 'but you know best. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Caroline, without pausing, trod forward on the trembling plank as if it were a continuation of the firm turf. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To-morrow evening, replied Crispin, pausing at the door of the cabin. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Sir Leicester pauses, stares, repeats in a killing voice, The young man of the name of Guppy? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The visitor pauses a moment to give my Lady an opportunity, but she says nothing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In one of those pauses she recoiled and cried out, for she saw a figure standing in the room. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He pauses, but she makes no reply. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- By degrees, in the pauses of his quick and laboured breathing, he was heard to say: What is this? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Luckily, the beadwork parrot could not talk, but its creator could, and did, with as few pauses as possible. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The banker's speech was fluent, but it was also copious, and he used up an appreciable amount of time in brief meditative pauses. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Jimmy