noun Download 🔗Share A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer. Examples : "The DVD player has separate buttons for play, fast forward, and rewind, but it combines pausing and resuming into one button labeled "pauses". " electronics device computing technology function Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. Examples : ""The speaker's presentation was filled with pauses, giving the audience time to absorb the information." " time action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A short time for relaxing and doing something else. Examples : "Between study sessions, Sarah takes short pauses to listen to music and stretch. " time action entertainment work holiday Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Hesitation; suspense; doubt. Examples : "The student's presentation was filled with pauses, making the teacher wonder if he was unprepared. " mind character situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark. Examples : "Teach the pupil to mind the pauses." grammar writing language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A break or paragraph in writing. Examples : "The teacher marked several pauses in the student's essay where new paragraphs should have begun. " writing grammar language literature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest. Examples : "The sheet music was full of pauses, indicating how long each note should be held. " music sign Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (as direct object) take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate Examples : "The repeated demands for extra work gave the employees pauses before volunteering again. " mind action attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort. Examples : "After running up the stairs, she pauses to catch her breath before continuing her story. " time action period Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To interrupt an activity and wait. Examples : "When telling the scary story, he paused for effect." time action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hesitate; to hold back; to delay. Examples : "The speaker pauses before answering the difficult question. " time action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point. Examples : "to pause a song, a video, or a computer game" technology electronics media entertainment computing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To consider; to reflect. Examples : "Before answering the difficult question, the student pauses to consider all the possible solutions. " mind philosophy action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading