pause
verb
[ pɔːz ]
• interrupt action or speech briefly.
• "she paused, at a loss for words"
Similar:
stop,
cease,
halt,
discontinue,
break off,
take a break,
take a breath,
adjourn,
desist,
rest,
hold back,
wait,
delay,
hesitate,
hang back,
pull up,
mark time,
falter,
waver,
let up,
take a breather,
pause
noun
• a temporary stop in action or speech.
• "she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain"
Similar:
stop,
cessation,
break,
halt,
stoppage,
standstill,
interruption,
check,
lull,
respite,
stay,
breathing space,
discontinuation,
discontinuance,
hiatus,
gap,
lapse (of time),
interlude,
intermission,
interval,
entr'acte,
adjournment,
suspension,
moratorium,
interregnum,
rest,
time out,
stopover,
delay,
hold-up,
wait,
hesitation,
beat,
caesura,
let-up,
breather,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’.
