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"Pause" Definition

noun

A break or rest in a line of poetry; a caesura.
A break, stop, or rest, often for a calculated purpose or effect: After a dramatic pause, the lawyer finished her summation.
A delay or suspended reaction, as from uncertainty; a hesitation: After a pause the audience broke into cheers.
A temporary cessation.
Music A sign indicating that a note or rest is to be held.

verb-intransitive

To cease or suspend an action temporarily.
To hesitate: He paused before replying.
To linger; tarry: paused for a while under the huge oak tree.

verb-transitive

To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim: "Once a movie [ordered on demand] begins, it can be paused but not rewound or fast-forwarded” ( George Judson).

verb

To cause to pause .
To linger for a time.
To stop temporarily.