English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of pause

pause

/noun/ ठहराव; विराम; विश्राम; अवकाश; ठहरना; स्र्कावट; यती; घिसघिस;
/verb/ठहराना; विश्राम करना; ठहरना; स्र्कना; ठमकना; अटकना; रुकना;

Synonym standstill; stop; relaxation; leisure; runout; barricade; caesura; break; mete; recreate; stay; halt;

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English Dictionary:

1. Pause

[n.]

- A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
- Temporary inaction or waiting; hesitation; suspence; doubt.
- In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts.
- In writing and printing, a mark indicating the place and nature of an arrest of voice in reading; a punctuation point; as, teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
- A break or paragraph in writing.
- A hold. See 4th Hold, 7.
- To make a short stop; to cease for a time; to intermit speaking or acting; to stop; to wait; to rest.
- To be intermitted; to cease; as, the music pauses.
- To hesitate; to hold back; to delay.
- To stop in order to consider; hence, to consider; to reflect.

2. Pause

[v. t.]

- To cause to stop or rest; -- used reflexively.