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The correct spelling is pause.
How to pronounce pause
/pɔːz/
nounIPA: /pɔːz/
Say it like: Pau-se
The correct spelling is pause. A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer. For example: "Teach the pupil to mind the pauses."
Usage Examples
“Teach the pupil to mind the pauses.”
“When telling the scary story, he paused for effect.”
“to pause a song, a video, or a computer game”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A button whose functions are pausing and resuming something, such as a DVD player, a video game or a computer.
- 2.A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
- 3.A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
- 4.Hesitation; suspense; doubt.
- 5.In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation mark.
verb
- 1.To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
- 2.To interrupt an activity and wait.
- 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.
- 5.To consider; to reflect.
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