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Pausing
To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
📖 Definitions of "Pausing"
verb
- 1
To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
- 2
To interrupt an activity and wait.
"When telling the scary story, he paused for effect."
- 3
To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
- 4
To halt the play or playback of, temporarily, so that it can be resumed from the same point.
"to pause a song, a video, or a computer game"
noun
- 1
A pause.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pausing"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| suspensionnoun | The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended. |
| intermitverb | (transitive, now rare) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend. |
| interruptionnoun | The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted. |
| hesitateverb | (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination. |
| breakverb | (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly. |
| intermissionnoun | A break, especially between two performances or sessions, such as at a concert, play, seminar, or religious assembly. |
| stoppingnoun | The act of something that stops; a halt. |
| haltingnoun | Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken. |
| arresting | striking, gripping |
| curbingnoun | The damage caused to a wheel or tire by curbing (running the wheel or tire into or over a curb). |
| adoptingverb | To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship. |
| hesitatingnoun | hesitation |
| lingeringnoun | That which lingers; a remnant. |
| delayingnoun | A delay. |
| waitingnoun | The act of staying or remaining in expectation. |
| restingverb | The action of rest |
| stallingnoun | The act of a person or thing that stalls. |
| suspendingverb | To halt something temporarily. |
| interruptingverb | (ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. |
| ceasingnoun | A cessation. |
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