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Word: Pause
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
pɔːz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
interrupt action or speech briefly
Short Definition:interrupt action or speech briefly
Examples:- she paused, at a loss for words
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