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      pause
      noun
      A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
      A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
      (figurative) Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
      In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
      A break or paragraph in writing.
      (music) A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
      A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.
      Alternative letter-case form of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”). [A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.]
      verb
      (intransitive) To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
      (transitive) To stop (an activity) for a while.
      (intransitive) To interrupt an activity and wait.
      (transitive) To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
      (intransitive) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
      (intransitive, obsolete) To consider; to reflect.
      Roots
      pausispaus- · Greek · stopping
      Synonyms for pause
      intermissionnintermitvinterruptionnbreakvletupncaesuranrespitenhesitatevinterludensuspensionnintervalnhaltnhiatusnbreatherninterruptvstoppagenlullndelayncessationnsurceasenlapsen
      Words related to pause
      tarriancentimeoutmomentnstoundintervalometermomentaryadjrewindvtemporizationnhalftimenstandstillnbriefestadjmomentarinessnresumptionndeferralnmillisecondnmomentlyadvresumingvminutenprolongedadj

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