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pause

/pɔːz/

US pronunciation

American sound/pɔːz/

pause

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> pause

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဆိုင်းခြင်း (v) ခဏရပ်

Full entry

pause /pↄ:z/ n

၁။ ~ (in sth) တန့်ခြင်း။ ငံ့ခြင်း။ ဆိုင်းခြင်း။ နားခြင်း။ ရပ်ခြင်း။ There was a long pause before she answered. ❍ He slipped out during a pause in the conversation. ❍ After a short pause,they continued climbing. ❍ The rain fell without pause. ❍ BREAKv
၂။ (music ) မူလနာရီချိန်ထက် အနည်းငယ်ပို၍ တီးမှုတ်၊ ရပ်နားရန် ပြသော သင်္ကေတ။ (.) (ဂီတသင်္ကေတပေါ်၌ ပြသည်။ )
v ~ (for sth) နားသည်။ ဆိုင်းသည်။ ရပ်သည်။ He paused for a moment before continuing. ❍ speak without pausing for breath (ie very quickly).
❏ give pause to sb; give (sb) pause for thought [IDM ] အလေးအနက် စဉ်းစားသင့်သည်။ The institution's social value should give pause to those who seek to destroy it. ❍ The interpretation of the play gave pause for thought.

More examples

She paused at the door and then left.
[pause to do something] : As we crossed the bridge, we paused to look at the boats.
[pause for] : He paused for a sip of water before continuing his speech.
[pause for breath/thought] : He talked for ten minutes, scarcely pausing for breath.

Synonyms

silence, gap, break in proceedings, hiatus, awkward moment, abeyance, break, break it up, break off, break-off, breather, breathing space, breathing spell, caesura, call time, catch one's breath, cease, cessation, coffee break, come to standstill, comma, cutoff, deadlock, delay, deliberate, desist, discontinuance, discontinue, downtime, drop, freeze, gridlock, halt, happy hour, hesitancy, hesitate, hesitation, hitch, hold back, hush, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interrupt, interruption, interval, lacuna, lapse, layoff, letup, linger, lull, pausation, put on hold, recess, reflect, respite, rest, rest period, shake, sideline, stand, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, stop briefly, stop what you're doing, stopover, stoppage, suspend, suspension, take a break, take a breather, take five, take ten, tarry, think twice, time out, wait, waver

Antonyms

action, activity, advance, carry on, continuation, continue, continuity, do, go, keep on, move on, persist, persistence, restart, rise, start

Cross references

silence gap break in proceedings hiatus awkward moment abeyance break break it up break off break-off breather breathing space breathing spell caesura call time catch one's breath cease cessation coffee break come to standstill comma cutoff deadlock delay deliberate desist discontinuance discontinue

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