Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of pause is as below...

Pause :: Pause (n.) To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.

Pauser :: Pauser (n.) One who pauses.

Cadence :: Cadence (n.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy..

Stand :: Stand (n.) To cease from progress; not to proceed; to stop; to pause; to halt; to remain stationary.

Interpoint :: Interpoint (v. t.) To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.

Suspense :: Suspense (a.) Cessation for a time; stop; pause.

Pause :: Pause (n.) A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.

Pause :: Pause (v. t.) To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.

Syllable :: Syllable (n.) An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or with a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word. In other terms, it is a vowel or a diphtong, either by itself or flanked by one or more consonants, the whole produced by a single impulse or utterance. One of the liquids, l, m, n, may fill the place of a vowel in a syllable. Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only

Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..

Pause :: Pause (n.) To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect..

Check :: Check (v. i.) To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.

Pause :: Pause (n.) To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses..

Intermission :: Intermission (n.) Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes..

Hum :: Hum (interj.) Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation.

Scansion :: Scansion (n.) The act of scanning; distinguishing the metrical feet of a verse by emphasis, pauses, or otherwise..

Punctuate :: Punctuate (v. t.) To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning..

Repose :: Repose (v.) A rest; a pause.

Pause :: Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.

Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

Random Fonts

Most Popular