noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A pause. countable, uncountable

   "And thus did the trumpets sound one-and-twenty blasts every day; […] three soundings at the three pausings of the music, […]"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of pause form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

breakhesitateinterruptionsuspensionrecesscaesura

Example

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"Pausing to think doesn't always mean we can."

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