The meaning of PAUSE is a temporary stop. How to use pause in a sentence.

PAUSE definition: a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action. See examples of pause used in a sentence.

PAUSE definition: 1. a short period in which something such as a sound or an activity is stopped before starting…. Learn more.

pause (v.) "make a temporary stop or intermission," 1520s, from pause (n.) and from French pauser, from Late Latin pausare "to halt, cease, pause," ultimately from Late Latin pausa. …

Pause definition: To cease or suspend an action temporarily.

PAUSE meaning: 1 : a temporary stop a period of time in which something is stopped before it is started again; 2 : a control that you use when you want to stop a recorded song, movie, etc., …

Definition of pause verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The noun pause means "a short break," like the pauses in television shows that allow for commercials to be shown. Pause can also be a verb that means "to stop for a short time."

1 day ago · DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced a pause on the Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery, saying that the Brown University shooting perpetrator entered the country via the …

Video games Pause (video gaming), the option to temporarily suspend play of a video game (first seen in Yar's Revenge 1982)