pause
To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
Other meanings
To stop (an activity) for a while.
To interrupt an activity and wait.
“When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.”
Related words
- pausable
- prepause
- unpause
- nonpausing
- pausingly
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "παύω" (stop).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pause” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.