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pause
noun
a
short
stop
or
break
in
speech
,
action
,
or
movement
•
After
a
long
speech
,
the
speaker
took
a
brief
pause
to
drink
water
.
After
a
long
speech
,
the
speaker
took
a
brief
pause
to
drink
water
.
•
There
was
an
awkward
pause
when
no
one
knew
what
to
say
.
There
was
an
awkward
pause
when
no
one
knew
what
to
say
.
Late
Middle
English
from
Old
French
,
from
Latin
pausa
‘
halt
,
stop
.’
verb
-
pause
,
pausing
,
pauses
,
paused
to
stop
an
action
or
speech
for
a
short
time
before
continuing
•
She
paused
the
movie
to
answer
the
phone
.
She
paused
the
movie
to
answer
the
phone
.
•
He
paused
before
opening
the
mysterious
letter
.
He
paused
before
opening
the
mysterious
letter
.
From
the
noun
pause
;
first
used
as
a
verb
in
the
late
16th
century
.
