Plural of pause
regular plural
The plural of pause is pauses.
Forms of pause
| Singular | pause /pɔːz/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | pauses |
| Countable | countable |
Pauses in a sentence
- If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 374
- Teach the pupil to mind the pauses.
- Uh, um, and well are common filled pauses among English speakers.From the entry filled pause
- “I appreciate your curiosity,” Oliver answers in hurried monotone without inflection or pauses for punctuation.2025 August 4, Dara Kerr, “Jim Acosta interviews ‘made-up’ AI avatar of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver”, in The Guardian. From the entry oliver
- Time out pauses the game to resolve a dispute or if someone is injured.2012, Steven Piziks, The Nanotech War: Star Trek Voyager. From the entry tagback
Meaning of pause
- verb To take a temporary rest, take a break for a short period after an effort.
- verb To stop (an activity) for a while.
- verb To interrupt an activity and wait.
Questions about the plural of pause
- What is the plural of pause?
- The plural of pause is pauses.
- Is pause countable?
- Pause is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pause (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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