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pause / pôz/ • n. a temporary stop in action or speech: she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain| the admiral chattered away without pause. ∎ Mus. a mark ([pauseo]) over a note or rest that is to be lengthened by an unspecified amount. ∎ (also pause button) a control allowing the temporary interruption of an electronic (or mechanical) process, esp. video or audio recording or reproduction. • v. [intr.] interrupt action or speech briefly: she paused, at a loss for words. ∎ [tr.] temporarily interrupt the operation of (a videotape, audiotape, or computer program): she had paused a tape on the VCR. PHRASES: give someone pause cause someone to think carefully or hesitate before doing something: public outrage has given him pause. |
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"pause." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pause." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pause.html "pause." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pause.html |
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pause sb. XV. — (O)F. pause or L. pausa — Gr. paûsis, f. paúein stop, cease.
So pause vb. XVI. — F. pauser or L. pausāre. |
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T. F. HOAD. "pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pause.html T. F. HOAD. "pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pause.html |
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pause (Fr.).
1. Pause. 2. Rest, especially a whole-note rest and a measure rest. |
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-pause1.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-pause1.html |
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Pause (Ger.).
1. A pause, as in Eng. 2. Rest. 3. Interval of a concert. |
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-Pause.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-Pause.html |
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pause (Eng.).
1. The sign ⩀ which means that the note or rest so indicated must be held longer than usual (at performer's discretion). Placed over a bar line, it means a short silence. The Fr. term is point d'orgue . 2. In the phrase General Pause (G.P.) it means the whole orch. is briefly silent. |
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-pause.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "pause." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-pause.html |
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pause •applause, Azores, cause, clause, Dors, drawers, gauze, hawse, indoors, Laws, outdoors, pause, plus-fours, quatorze, Santa Claus, taws, tawse, yaws, yours
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"pause." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pause." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pause.html "pause." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pause.html |
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