meaning of pause
1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
3. In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
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.
5. A break or paragraph in writing.
6. A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
7. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
8. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
9. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
10. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.
11. To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.
12. temporary inactivity
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