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Meaning pause meaning
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Conjugation pause conjugation
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pause · verb
Present I pause
Positive I pause
Singular
1st person I pause
2nd person you pause
3rd person he/she/it pauses
Plural
1st person we pause
2nd person you pause
3rd person they pause
Negative I don't pause
Singular
1st person I don't pause I do not pause
2nd person you don't pause you do not pause
3rd person he/she/it doesn't pause he/she/it does not pause
Plural
1st person we don't pause we do not pause
2nd person you don't pause you do not pause
3rd person they don't pause they do not pause
Question do I pause?
Singular
1st person do I pause?
2nd person do you pause?
3rd person does he/she/it pause?
Plural
1st person do we pause?
2nd person do you pause?
3rd person do they pause?
Negative question don't I pause?
Singular
1st person don't I pause? do I not pause?
2nd person don't you pause? do you not pause?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it pause? does he/she/it not pause?
Plural
1st person don't we pause? do we not pause?
2nd person don't you pause? do you not pause?
3rd person don't they pause? do they not pause?
Past I paused
Positive I paused
Singular
1st person I paused
2nd person you paused
3rd person he/she/it paused
Plural
1st person we paused
2nd person you paused
3rd person they paused
Negative I didn't pause
Singular
1st person I didn't pause I did not pause
2nd person you didn't pause you did not pause
3rd person he/she/it didn't pause he/she/it did not pause
Plural
1st person we didn't pause we did not pause
2nd person you didn't pause you did not pause
3rd person they didn't pause they did not pause
Question did I pause?
Singular
1st person did I pause?
2nd person did you pause?
3rd person did he/she/it pause?
Plural
1st person did we pause?
2nd person did you pause?
3rd person did they pause?
Negative question didn't I pause?
Singular
1st person didn't I pause? did I not pause?
2nd person didn't you pause? did you not pause?
3rd person didn't he/she/it pause? did he/she/it not pause?
Plural
1st person didn't we pause? did we not pause?
2nd person didn't you pause? did you not pause?
3rd person didn't they pause? did they not pause?
Future I'll pause
Positive I'll pause
Singular
1st person I'll pause I will pause
2nd person you'll pause you will pause
3rd person he/she/it'll pause he/she/it will pause
Plural
1st person we'll pause we will pause
2nd person you'll pause you will pause
3rd person they'll pause they will pause
Negative I won't pause
Singular
1st person I won't pause I will not pause
2nd person you won't pause you will not pause
3rd person he/she/it won't pause he/she/it will not pause
Plural
1st person we won't pause we will not pause
2nd person you won't pause you will not pause
3rd person they won't pause they will not pause
Question will I pause?
Singular
1st person will I pause?
2nd person will you pause?
3rd person will he/she/it pause?
Plural
1st person will we pause?
2nd person will you pause?
3rd person will they pause?
Negative question won't I pause?
Singular
1st person won't I pause? will I not pause?
2nd person won't you pause? will you not pause?
3rd person won't he/she/it pause? will he/she/it not pause?
Plural
1st person won't we pause? will we not pause?
2nd person won't you pause? will you not pause?
3rd person won't they pause? will they not pause?
Conditional I'd pause
Positive I'd pause
Singular
1st person I'd pause I would pause
2nd person you'd pause you would pause
3rd person he/she/it'd pause he/she/it would pause
Plural
1st person we'd pause we would pause
2nd person you'd pause you would pause
3rd person they'd pause they would pause
Negative I wouldn't pause
Singular
1st person I wouldn't pause I would not pause
2nd person you wouldn't pause you would not pause
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't pause he/she/it would not pause
Plural
1st person we wouldn't pause we would not pause
2nd person you wouldn't pause you would not pause
3rd person they wouldn't pause they would not pause
Question would I pause?
Singular
1st person would I pause?
2nd person would you pause?
3rd person would he/she/it pause?
Plural
1st person would we pause?
2nd person would you pause?
3rd person would they pause?
Negative question wouldn't I pause?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I pause? would I not pause?
2nd person wouldn't you pause? would you not pause?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it pause? would he/she/it not pause?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we pause? would we not pause?
2nd person wouldn't you pause? would you not pause?
3rd person wouldn't they pause? would they not pause?
Present continuous I'm pausing
Positive I'm pausing
Singular
1st person I'm pausing I am pausing
2nd person you're pausing you are pausing
3rd person he/she/it's pausing he/she/it is pausing
Plural
1st person we're pausing we are pausing
2nd person you're pausing you are pausing
3rd person they're pausing they are pausing
Negative I'm not pausing
Singular
1st person I'm not pausing I am not pausing
2nd person you aren't pausing you're not pausing you are not pausing
3rd person he/she/it isn't pausing he/she/it's not pausing he/she/it is not pausing
Plural
1st person we aren't pausing we're not pausing we are not pausing
2nd person you aren't pausing you're not pausing you are not pausing
3rd person they aren't pausing they're not pausing they are not pausing
Question am I pausing?
Singular
1st person am I pausing?
2nd person are you pausing?
3rd person is he/she/it pausing?
Plural
1st person are we pausing?
2nd person are you pausing?
3rd person are they pausing?
Negative question aren't I pausing?
Singular
1st person aren't I pausing? am I not pausing?
2nd person aren't you pausing? are you not pausing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it pausing? is he/she/it not pausing?
Plural
1st person aren't we pausing? are we not pausing?
2nd person aren't you pausing? are you not pausing?
3rd person aren't they pausing? are they not pausing?
Past continuous I was pausing
Positive I was pausing
Singular
1st person I was pausing
2nd person you were pausing
3rd person he/she/it was pausing
Plural
1st person we were pausing
2nd person you were pausing
3rd person they were pausing
Negative I wasn't pausing
Singular
1st person I wasn't pausing I was not pausing
2nd person you weren't pausing you were not pausing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't pausing he/she/it was not pausing
Plural
1st person we weren't pausing we were not pausing
2nd person you weren't pausing you were not pausing
3rd person they weren't pausing they were not pausing
Question was I pausing?
Singular
1st person was I pausing?
2nd person were you pausing?
3rd person was he/she/it pausing?
Plural
1st person were we pausing?
2nd person were you pausing?
3rd person were they pausing?
Negative question wasn't I pausing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I pausing? was I not pausing?
2nd person weren't you pausing? were you not pausing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it pausing? was he/she/it not pausing?
Plural
1st person weren't we pausing? were we not pausing?
2nd person weren't you pausing? were you not pausing?
3rd person weren't they pausing? were they not pausing?
Future continuous I'll be pausing
Positive I'll be pausing
Singular
1st person I'll be pausing I will be pausing
2nd person you'll be pausing you will be pausing
3rd person he/she/it'll be pausing he/she/it will be pausing
Plural
1st person we'll be pausing we will be pausing
2nd person you'll be pausing you will be pausing
3rd person they'll be pausing they will be pausing
Negative I won't be pausing
Singular
1st person I won't be pausing I will not be pausing
2nd person you won't be pausing you will not be pausing
3rd person he/she/it won't be pausing he/she/it will not be pausing
Plural
1st person we won't be pausing we will not be pausing
2nd person you won't be pausing you will not be pausing
3rd person they won't be pausing they will not be pausing
Question will I be pausing?
Singular
1st person will I be pausing?
2nd person will you be pausing?
3rd person will he/she/it be pausing?
Plural
1st person will we be pausing?
2nd person will you be pausing?
3rd person will they be pausing?
Negative question won't I be pausing?
Singular
1st person won't I be pausing? will I not be pausing?
2nd person won't you be pausing? will you not be pausing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be pausing? will he/she/it not be pausing?
Plural
1st person won't we be pausing? will we not be pausing?
2nd person won't you be pausing? will you not be pausing?
3rd person won't they be pausing? will they not be pausing?
Conditional continuous I'd be pausing
Positive I'd be pausing
Singular
1st person I'd be pausing I would be pausing
2nd person you'd be pausing you would be pausing
3rd person he/she/it'd be pausing he/she/it would be pausing
Plural
1st person we'd be pausing we would be pausing
2nd person you'd be pausing you would be pausing
3rd person they'd be pausing they would be pausing
Negative I wouldn't be pausing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be pausing I would not be pausing
2nd person you wouldn't be pausing you would not be pausing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be pausing he/she/it would not be pausing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be pausing we would not be pausing
2nd person you wouldn't be pausing you would not be pausing
3rd person they wouldn't be pausing they would not be pausing
Question would I be pausing?
Singular
1st person would I be pausing?
2nd person would you be pausing?
3rd person would he/she/it be pausing?
Plural
1st person would we be pausing?
2nd person would you be pausing?
3rd person would they be pausing?
Negative question wouldn't I be pausing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be pausing? would I not be pausing?
2nd person wouldn't you be pausing? would you not be pausing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be pausing? would he/she/it not be pausing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be pausing? would we not be pausing?
2nd person wouldn't you be pausing? would you not be pausing?
3rd person wouldn't they be pausing? would they not be pausing?
Present perfect I've paused
Positive I've paused
Singular
1st person I've paused I have paused
2nd person you've paused you have paused
3rd person he/she/it's paused he/she/it has paused
Plural
1st person we've paused we have paused
2nd person you've paused you have paused
3rd person they've paused they have paused
Negative I haven't paused
Singular
1st person I haven't paused I have not paused
2nd person you haven't paused you have not paused
3rd person he/she/it hasn't paused he/she/it has not paused
Plural
1st person we haven't paused we have not paused
2nd person you haven't paused you have not paused
3rd person they haven't paused they have not paused
Question have I paused?
Singular
1st person have I paused?
2nd person have you paused?
3rd person has he/she/it paused?
Plural
1st person have we paused?
2nd person have you paused?
3rd person have they paused?
Negative question haven't I paused?
Singular
1st person haven't I paused? have I not paused?
2nd person haven't you paused? have you not paused?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it paused? has he/she/it not paused?
Plural
1st person haven't we paused? have we not paused?
2nd person haven't you paused? have you not paused?
3rd person haven't they paused? have they not paused?
Past perfect I had paused
Positive I had paused
Singular
1st person I had paused
2nd person you had paused
3rd person he/she/it had paused
Plural
1st person we had paused
2nd person you had paused
3rd person they had paused
Negative I hadn't paused
Singular
1st person I hadn't paused I had not paused
2nd person you hadn't paused you had not paused
3rd person he/she/it hadn't paused he/she/it had not paused
Plural
1st person we hadn't paused we had not paused
2nd person you hadn't paused you had not paused
3rd person they hadn't paused they had not paused
Question had I paused?
Singular
1st person had I paused?
2nd person had you paused?
3rd person had he/she/it paused?
Plural
1st person had we paused?
2nd person had you paused?
3rd person had they paused?
Negative question hadn't I paused?
Singular
1st person hadn't I paused? had I not paused?
2nd person hadn't you paused? had you not paused?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it paused? had he/she/it not paused?
Plural
1st person hadn't we paused? had we not paused?
2nd person hadn't you paused? had you not paused?
3rd person hadn't they paused? had they not paused?
Future perfect I'll have paused
Positive I'll have paused
Singular
1st person I'll have paused I will have paused
2nd person you'll have paused you will have paused
3rd person he/she/it'll have paused he/she/it will have paused
Plural
1st person we'll have paused we will have paused
2nd person you'll have paused you will have paused
3rd person they'll have paused they will have paused
Negative I won't have paused
Singular
1st person I won't have paused I will not have paused
2nd person you won't have paused you will not have paused
3rd person he/she/it won't have paused he/she/it will not have paused
Plural
1st person we won't have paused we will not have paused
2nd person you won't have paused you will not have paused
3rd person they won't have paused they will not have paused
Question +'ll I have paused?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have paused? will I have paused?
2nd person +'ll you have paused? will you have paused?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have paused? will he/she/it have paused?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have paused? will we have paused?
2nd person +'ll you have paused? will you have paused?
3rd person +'ll they have paused? will they have paused?
Negative question won't I have paused?
Singular
1st person won't I have paused? will I not have paused?
2nd person won't you have paused? will you not have paused?
3rd person won't he/she/it have paused? will he/she/it not have paused?
Plural
1st person won't we have paused? will we not have paused?
2nd person won't you have paused? will you not have paused?
3rd person won't they have paused? will they not have paused?
Conditional perfect I'd have paused
Positive I'd have paused
Singular
1st person I'd have paused I would have paused
2nd person you'd have paused you would have paused
3rd person he/she/it'd have paused he/she/it would have paused
Plural
1st person we'd have paused we would have paused
2nd person you'd have paused you would have paused
3rd person they'd have paused they would have paused
Negative I wouldn't have paused
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have paused I would not have paused
2nd person you wouldn't have paused you would not have paused
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have paused he/she/it would not have paused
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have paused we would not have paused
2nd person you wouldn't have paused you would not have paused
3rd person they wouldn't have paused they would not have paused
Question would I have paused?
Singular
1st person would I have paused?
2nd person would you have paused?
3rd person would he/she/it have paused?
Plural
1st person would we have paused?
2nd person would you have paused?
3rd person would they have paused?
Negative question wouldn't I have paused?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have paused? would I not have paused?
2nd person wouldn't you have paused? would you not have paused?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have paused? would he/she/it not have paused?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have paused? would we not have paused?
2nd person wouldn't you have paused? would you not have paused?
3rd person wouldn't they have paused? would they not have paused?
Imperative pause!
Positive
you pause!
we let's pause!
Negative
you don't pause!
we let's not pause!
Examples pause examples
How do I use pause in a sentence?
Simple sentences
There was a momentary pause.
Can you pause the video for a moment?
He spoke for ten minutes without a pause.
Let's take a short pause.
Pause the game.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
There was an awkward pause.
The Greeks invented the comma, not for their literature but for their actors, to warn them to take a deep breath in preparation of an upcoming long phrase; thus a comma represents a pause.
My fingers pronounce every word, every pause and every accent.
After a sudden pause in the conversation she unexpectedly said goodbye.
Let's take a pause. I cannot continue any longer.
After an awkward pause, Bill took her by the hand and dragged her upstairs.
In music or speaking, a pause is frequently used for dramatic effect.
There was a momentary pause in the talk.
There was a brief pause and then the music began.
Tom pressed the pause button.
Movie subtitles
A vermin hunt without pause or pity.
We now pause for station identification.
Naturally, there's a long pause.
As long as peace in this world is just a short pause until a new war errupts somewhere.
Just a pause for breath until people die in droves again.
Would you care to pause for some refreshments, Mr. Hopkins?
Ay, there's the rub, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil must give us pause.
My downbeat marks a pause.
Pause, Nero, before you sign this decree.
She seemed to pause at the fireplace.
This is what is known in literature as the pregnant pause.
There'll be a long pause before those characters get a line on who killed her.
Turn, pause, swing!
Turn, pause, pause, swing!
Pause a moment.
It gives me pause, lutie, to see him.
As Zyra ineXorably rushes toward us perhaps to destroy the earth, men and women of all races and creeds pause to think, to pray and to atone.
Doesn't that at least give you pause?
There'll be a long pause before those characters work this out.
To go from plan 1 to plan 2 without a moment's pause.
Few of us pause to consider how life's adversities work in our behalf to make better men and women of us.
But I think we should pause, and pause now, to do a little stocktaking, to look into our own hearts and lives and see what we find there.
Then you pause for a second or two.
Don't forget the pause I mentioned.
Let us pause for station identification.
Only when the lama saw a river or a stream did they pause.
She seemed to pause at the fireplace. I couldn't see from my bed.
Nay, do not pause, for I did kill Prince Edward. but 'twas thy beauty that provoked me.
Give me some little breath, some pause, dear lord. before I positively speak in this.
Weigh anchor, At attention, pause.
Pause!
Being done, there is no pause.
However, the idea of spending the winter here scares me, although it may well be a kind of pause.
No, sir, a refuelling pause.
Then we will go for a stroll together, kiss for a while, and then once again, a big pause.
Pause. Have a break.
It didn't make you pause.
News and current affairs
The confused reaction to this verdict should, perhaps, give pause to all those who think that putting the past on trial is a straightforward thing.
It's time for a pause in European integration efforts if only to avoid a complete, irreparable rupture of relations between nations that are supposed to be uniting.
Time can solve Europe's problem. That's why a pause now makes good sense.
WASHINGTON, DC - Though the Greek crisis has been placed on pause, the economic situation in Europe remains bleak.
A Kafkaesque pause, some might say.
After any such media-stoked scandal, there should be a pause to allow better norms to take root.
All of this should give pause to the European Council when it meets in March to consider how to extend the 2020 goals to 2030.
Will we press the pause button on further discussion of how to integrate Russia fully into the international community?
Nonetheless, the Fed and ECB actions sent three messages that should have given the markets pause.
That is not paternalism, just an encouragement to pause and reflect.
It is here that Germany should take pause and look at the record.
The fact that NATO now considers its area of operations to legitimately extend all the way to the Hindu Kush has given pause even to many who once believed as fervently in humanitarian intervention as Blair still does.
Today's policymakers, so eager to draw a bold line under expansionary measures, should pause and consider the same question.
Such hyperbole, and the surging U.S. stock market based on these super-bullish views, should immediately give us pause.
Culture is a necessary pause from the daily rat race, from our chaotic and often vulgar political surroundings, and it is a chance to recover our spiritual energy.
MADRID - December always provides an opportunity to pause and reflect on what was and what will be.
On CNN recently, a long pause followed when I asked legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin - who was calling for Assange's arrest - if he had really never handled classified information.
That's why a pause now makes good sense.
If and when the time comes to pause or change course, will China's existing political-economic institutions accommodate such a transformation?
Notwithstanding financial markets' celebration of QE, not to mention the US Federal Reserve's hearty self-congratulation, an analysis based on the three Ts should give the ECB pause.
The list of common behaviors associated with the disorder gave him pause: fear of eating alone in restaurants, avoidance of public toilets, and concern about trembling hands.
Pressure is building on the European Central Bank to pause from further increases in interest rates after the New Year. The ECB must not give in.
So far, the credibility of Europe's central bank has been sufficient to firmly anchor inflationary expectations. But to pause now when Europe's economic strength continues at a robust pace carries with it an un-necessary risk to price stability.
With real rates so low, a pause at the New Year would be pre-mature.
The argument for a pause is that the central bank may want to wait and see how much damage, if any, the VAT hike imposes on the German economy before continuing on with the process of rate hikes.
The pause in the rise of surface temperatures is real.
The intensive scientific search for an explanation for the pause in global warming at the earth's surface has led to a better understanding of the complex functioning of the climate.
Nobody knows how long the current pause will last.
In the meantime, whether the overall risk to our environment has been reduced by the pause remains an open question.
But for an inflation-fighting central bank like the ECB, the risks from a pre-mature pause are greater than those from pausing too late.