pause
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- suspend derivation
- intermit derivation
- break away derivation
- pause derivation
Sense 2 verb
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
The speaker paused
Types & categories
- delay hypernym
- hem and haw hyponym
- scruple hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
temporary inactivity
Types & categories
- inactivity hypernym
- time out hyponym
- falter hyponym
- intermission hyponym
- freeze hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
cease an action temporarily
We pause for station identification
Types & categories
- interrupt hypernym
- catch one's breath hyponym
- take five hyponym
- take ten hyponym
Related & opposite
- pause derivation
- time out derivation
- intermission derivation
- pause derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intermit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | break away |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pause |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | interval |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lapse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blackout |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | caesura |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dead air |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wait |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | halftime |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rest period |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | time-out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lull |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pause |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | falter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waverer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pause |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | delay |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hem and haw |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scruple |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | intermit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pause |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inactivity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | time out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | falter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | intermission |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | freeze |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pause |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | time out |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | intermission |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pause |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | interrupt |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch one's breath |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | take five |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | take ten |