Inside the Universes

'pause'

[pause.n.01] as in: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

pause, pause, hesitate, pause, intermission, interruption, break, fault, rupture, respite, breakage, fracture, break, break, break, break, break, break, open_frame, break, interrupt, break, break, break, break, transgress, break, break, break, break, break_in, break_in, violate, better, unwrap, break, fail, break, break, break, dampen, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, separate, demote, bankrupt, break, break, collapse, break_dance, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, crack, break, break, fracture, break, break, suspension, abeyance, suspension, suspension, suspension, suspension

pause, pause, hesitate, pause, interruption, break, fault, rupture, respite, breakage, fracture, break, break, break, break, break, break, open_frame, break, interrupt, break, break, break, break, transgress, break, break, break, break, break_in, break_in, violate, better, unwrap, break, fail, break, break, break, dampen, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, separate, demote, bankrupt, break, break, collapse, break_dance, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break, crack, break, break, fracture, break, break, suspend, suspend, suspend, freeze, suspend, suspend

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↑

time_interval, entity

↓

dead_air, time-out, delay, lapse, caesura, halftime, letup, blackout, respite

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bankrupt, better, break, break_dance, break_in, breakage, collapse, crack, dampen, demote, desecrate, discontinue, fail, fall_back, fault, fracture, get, interrupt, interruption, lashkar-e-taiba, lease, let, lose, misplace, miss, open_frame, pause, permit, rape, respite, rupture, separate, suffer, transgress, unmake, unwrap, violate

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'pause'

[pause.n.02] as in: temporary inactivity

pause, pause, hesitate, pause

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↑

inactivity, entity

↓

intermission, freeze, hesitation, respite

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inaction, inactiveness, inactivity

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'pause'

[hesitate.v.02] as in: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing

Examples:
The speaker paused

hesitate, hesitate, pause, pause, pause

hesitation, reluctance, hesitation, waverer, pause, pause, hesitate, pause

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delay, act

↓

scruple, hem_and_haw

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act, consume, devour, dissemble, work

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'pause'

[pause.v.02] as in: cease an action temporarily

Examples:
We pause for station identification
let's break for lunch

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interrupt, change

↓

rest, take_ten, take_five

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Origins

					pause (English)
└── pause (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
    └── pausa (Latin)
        └── παῦσις (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
            └── παύω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))