[pɔːz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- interrupt action or speech briefly
(e.g: she paused, at a loss for words)


Phrases:
- give someone pause

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’

[pɔːz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a temporary stop in action or speech
(e.g: she dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain)


Phrases:
- give someone pause

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin pausa, from Greek pausis, from pausein ‘to stop’