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pauses
 
Noun pause has 2 senses
  1. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
    --1 is a kind of time interval, interval
    --1 has particulars:
     lapse; blackout; caesura; dead air; delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait; halftime; respite, rest, relief, rest period; time-out; letup, lull
    Derived forms: verb pause2, verb pause1
  2. pause - temporary inactivity
    --2 is a kind of     inactivity
    --2 has particulars:
     respite, recess, break, time out; hesitation, waver, falter, faltering; intermission; freeze, halt
    Derived forms: verb pause2, verb pause1
Verb pause has 2 senses
  1. hesitate, pause - interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
    --1 is one way to delay
    Derived forms: noun pause2, noun pause1
    Sample sentence:
    They pause a long time
  2. pause, intermit, break - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
    --2 is one way to interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
    Derived forms: noun pause1, noun pause2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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