Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pawz]
- /pɔz/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [pawz]
- /pɔz/
Definitions of unpausing word
- noun unpausing a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar. 1
- noun unpausing a cessation of activity because of doubt or uncertainty; a momentary hesitation. 1
- noun unpausing any comparatively brief stop, delay, wait, etc.: I would like to make a pause in my talk and continue after lunch. 1
- noun unpausing a break or rest in speaking or reading to emphasize meaning, grammatical relation, metrical division, etc., or in writing or printing by the use of punctuation. 1
- noun unpausing Prosody. a break or suspension, as a caesura, in a line of verse. 1
- noun unpausing Music. a fermata. 1
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Origin of unpausing
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; (noun) Middle English < Latin pausa < Greek paûsis a halt, equivalent to paú(ein) to stop + -sis -sis; (v.) derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Unpausing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unpausing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
unpausing usage trend in Literature
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