Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To temporarily stop a process.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Tom pressed the pause button.

    Том натиснув на паузу. — deniko

    ruТом нажал на паузу. — marafon

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Origin

By analogy with the "pause" button on a media player.

By analogy with the "pause" button on a media player.

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Forms

presses pause, pressing pause, pressed pause, pressed pause
Base formpress pause · to press pause
3rd person singularpresses pause
Present participlepressing pause
Past simplepressed pause
Past participlepressed pause

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypress pause
he, she, itpresses pause

Past simpleLesson

all personspressed pause

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pressed pause
he, she, ithas pressed pause

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill press pause

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
presidentB1presidentialB2pressB1pressureA2pressurizeC2prestigeB2
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