pause

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
2. To interrupt an activity and wait.
3. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
4. To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
5. (obsolete) To consider; to reflect.

Noun

1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
2. A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
3. Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
5. A break or paragraph in writing.
6. A sign indicating continuance of a note or rest.
7. Alternative spelling of Pause (“a button that pauses or resumes something”)
8. take pause: hesitate; give pause: cause to hesitate

Intj

Used immediately after a statement to indicate that there was no innuendo or homosexual meaning intended, especially when such a meaning is a reasonable interpretation.

Sinònims

break

stop

🛑

halt

rest

intermission

cease

interruption

interval

cessation

recess

hesitate

lull

respite

suspension

discontinue

wait

suspend

delay

intermit

interlude

stoppage

quit

punctuation

discontinuance

cut

caesura

stand still

hesitation

tarry

break off

end

🔚

arrest

time-out

deadlock

letup

silence

let-up

abeyance

desist

stagnation

stall

stand

breather

repose

stay

hold-up

hiatus

interrupt

interrupted

restrain

stop over

gap

hangup

haul up

hold

hold up

immobility

inaction

incision

interception

interference

interject

intermezzo

intermittence

intermittent

juncture

knock off

lapse

lay over

leave off

lie down

linger

notch

once

paralysis

peacefulness

period

periodic

pit stop

ponder

postpone

postponement

procrastinate

pull over

pull up

punctuate

put in

quiet

relief

rift

room

scrub

section

segmentation

setback

set-back

settle

shilly shally

shutoff

space

spacing

stagnate

standstill

step

stillness

stint

stopover

stopping place

surcease

tie-up

time

⌚

time out

tranquility

trig

truce

vacation

wash out

watch

⌚

waver

withhold

barge in

be at a loss for words

become silent

be interrupted

be motionless

come to a stop

consider carefully

give over

pull the plug

put out of action

stop short

wait awhile

some years ago

break in time

have a short intermission

shuttingdown

abortion

sleep

😴

waste

dilly dally

be static

be stumped

burst in on

standstil

time wasted

interdigital pause

scruple to

doggle

short stop

phase-down

throw-out of

temporarily discontinued

stop for a moment

fermata hold

abort

adjourn

adjournment

await

balk

batch

belay

be quiet

bide

block

bog down

boggle

breakdown

break in

breakoff

break short

breath

calm

calmness

cease-fire

check

cheese

🧀

composure

confusion

conk

curb

cut short

dash

💨

deferral

demur

depose

detain

disconnection

discontinuation

discontinuous

dismissal

draw up

drop out

dwelling

effort

embarrassment

fail

falter

fitful

freeze

get stuck

guard

💂

halftime

halting

hang back

hang on

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/pɔːz/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis), from Ancient Greek παύω (paúō, “stop”), of uncertain origin. Compare the doublet pausa.