Definition of pause

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Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.

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Breath :: Breath (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.
Corona :: Corona (n.) A character [/] called the pause or hold.
Pauser :: Pauser (n.) One who pauses.
Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation..
Punctuate :: Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning..
Selah :: Selah (n.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song..
Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.
Pause :: Pause (n.) A hold. See 4th Hold, 7..
Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..
Pause :: Pause (n.) Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
Pause :: Pause (n.) To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy..
Point :: Point (n.) A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion..
Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
Menopause :: Menopause (n.) The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
Repose :: Repose (v.) A rest; a pause.
Attacca :: Attacca () Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause..
Interpause :: Interpause (n.) An intermission.
Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.
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