PAUSE
What does "PAUSE" mean?
A temporary stop in action or speech.
Meanings
- A short, temporary interruption of activity, sound, or movement. There was a long pause before she answered.
- To stop an action or process for a short time before resuming. He paused the film to grab a drink.
- In music, a mark indicating a note or rest held longer than its written value, a fermata. The conductor held the final chord on a pause. technical
Did you know?
- 'Pause' and 'menopause' share a root: the Greek 'pauein' meant to stop, and menopause is literally the stopping of monthly cycles.
Word origin
From Greek 'pausis' (a stopping, ceasing), from 'pauein' (to stop), via Latin 'pausa' and Old French 'pause'.
Remember it
PAUSE: Pressing A button, Action Under Suspended Existence.
A little poem
Between two heartbeats
the whole noisy world hangs still-
then breathes in again.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my cat to stop interrupting my reading. She insisted she was only adding a dramatic paws.
What it teaches
A pause is not nothing; it is the silence that lets the next thing mean something.
Quick facts
What does PAUSE mean?
A temporary stop in action or speech.
Is PAUSE a valid word?
Yes — PAUSE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PAUSE?
PAUSE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does PAUSE come from?
From Greek 'pausis' (a stopping, ceasing), from 'pauein' (to stop), via Latin 'pausa' and Old French 'pause'.
What can PAUSE teach us?
A pause is not nothing; it is the silence that lets the next thing mean something.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.