pausing

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noun

A pause.

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Meanings

nounpausing (countable and uncountable, plural pausings)

plural pausings

  1. countableuncountableA pause.

    And thus did the trumpets sound one-and-twenty blasts every day; […] three soundings at the three pausings of the music, […]

    c. 1650, John Lightfoot, The Temple-Service
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pause
Cite this entry
APA

pausing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pausing

MLA

“pausing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pausing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pausing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pausing.

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