pause

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for pause

pause 🔊 /pɔˈz/

pause : යතිය

pause : නැවතිල්ල

pause : විරාමය

pause : නැවතීම

pause definition

Noun.

  1. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
  2. Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
  3. In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
  4. In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
  5. A break or paragraph in writing.
  6. A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
  7. To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
  8. To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
  9. To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
  10. To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.

Transitive verb. To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.