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Meaning Of Pause
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.