Pause
//pɔz//
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Noun
Verb
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The word "pause" can be used as noun, verb and intj.
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Engels' pause Gigapause Macready pause Omegapause aeropause autopause coffee pause filled pause give pause hit pause homopause interpause intrapause ionopause micropause millennial pause nonpause nonpausing normal pause pausable pause ad pause buffer pause buffering pauseful pauseless pausingly pregnant pause prepause press pause somatopause spoken pause unpause
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action awhile break button command computer continuance dvd halt hesitate momentary momentary wait musical musical rest nearly nearly stop note play playback quotes recorder recorder button remote remote command rest resume sign stop stop awhile stop play stop temporarily stopping temporarily temporary temporary halt temporary stop vcr vcr action vcr button video video game video rest wait
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